The Body

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-12 

Reading Check

1. What part of Teddy DuChamp’s body is disfigured?

2. What is the name of the boy who was killed picking blueberries?  

3. What does Chris pack to take with him on the trip that startles Gordie?

4. What is the name of the terrifying dog rumored to patrol the dump?

5. Which boy loses the coin toss and goes to the Florida Market to get provisions?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. In the first chapter, what does the narrator state are the hardest things to say, and what makes them so?

2. What causes Teddy’s father to behave so violently when he punishes Teddy for breaking a plate? What is Teddy’s attitude toward his father as a result?

3. What effect has the death of Dennis, Gordie’s brother, had on the remaining members of the Lachance family? 

4. What is “Stud City,” and how does the narrator of The Body feel about it in retrospect?

Paired Resource

“The Rise of Stephen King”