3. A Sobering Experience

Question 1

What lie does the narrator tell her father?

Answer 1

That she is going out with Dean to a burger place instead of telling the truth that she’d be going to a party.

Question 2

What has Dean take in at the party?

Answer 2

He has been drinking and taking drugs.

Question 3

When did the narrator regret sitting in Dean’s car?

Answer 3

When Dean started to make the car fishtail.

Question 4

How many times did the narrator’s head crash into the trees?

Answer 4

Four times.

Question 5

What saved the narrator’s life from the accident?

Answer 5

Wearing a seat belt.

Question 6

Which part of the narrator’s brain is damaged?

Answer 6

The part that control motor skills.

Question 7

List FOUR things the narrator has lost due to the accident.

Answer 7

1. Her ability to play basketball at a higher level
2. Her chance to play in the WNBA
3. Her coordination
4. Her ability to write clearly and quickly
5. Her ability to speak fluently
6. Her ability to remember things
7. Her ability to concentrate

Question 8

What is the TONE of the story on the whole?

Answer 8

Regretful and sorrowful.

Question 9

What is the TONE of the story towards the end?

Answer 9

Forgiving.

Question 10

Which point-of-view is used?

Answer 10

First person.