The Thing About Jellyfish

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. To which of these does Suzy metaphorically compare the jellyfish?

A) a cold pocket in water

B) a clump of seaweed

C) a beating heart

D) an article of wet clothing

2. On which of the following factors does Suzy’s hypothesis about how Franny died rely?

A) Some jellyfish can migrate around the world.

B) Franny could not swim as well as she thought she could.

C) The average number of jellyfish stings worldwide is unknown.

D) Franny had a heart condition that went undiagnosed.

3. In which of the following scenes is Suzy’s loneliness and isolation from her peers at the start of 7th grade most apparent?