How Do You Know
How do you know Mrs. Cream was worried about Camilla?
Mrs. Cream screamed when she saw Camilla covered in stripes. She told Camilla she was not going to school.
How do you know Camilla's liked lime beans?
When Camilla was upset about her classmates making fun of her, she said she wanted a plate of lima beans.
How many outfits did Camilla try on?
42 different outfits
What does contagious mean?
Something that spreads easily from person to person, like a virus.
How do you know Mrs. Cream was upset about Camilla's condition?
She began to cry.
How do you know Camilla was not sick?
Camilla did not have any symptoms and she said she felt fine when Dr. Bubble examined her.
How do you know Dr. Bubble was coming to the house with more doctors?
Dr. Bubble introduced the other men as "the specialists" and they all had lab coats.
Why did Camilla stop eating lima beans?
Camilla stopped eating Lima beans because her friends did not like them.
What does cure mean?
Something that heals or relieves the symptoms of a disease or condition.
The small old lady pulled a container full of green beans from her bag. What kind of beans were those?
Lima beans
How do you know Camilla's skin could change patterns?
When her classmates called out different patterns, Camilla's skin changed into those patterns.
How do you know the doctors were trying to figure out what is wrong with Camila?
They were inspecting and poking her body.
What happened to Camilla's skin when her class was saying the Pledge Allegiance?
Her skin turned red, white, and blue.
How do you think Camilla felt when all the news reporters were outside her house?
Embarrassed
Afraid
Nervous
Upset
How was Camilla cured?
She ate lima beans
How do you know Camilla's dad wanted to make her feel better?
How do you know the pills the specialists gave Camilla did not work?
When she woke up the next morning, she was the shaped of a giant pill.
Why did Camilla's principal call her parents?
He wanted Camilla to stay home from school because her condition was distracting the other students and parents were becoming concerned it was contagious.
What happened to Camilla when the environmental therapist tried to help her?
She became the walls and furniture of her room.
How do you know Camilla was cured?
She was not longer covered in patterns. Her skin went back to normal.
How do you know Camilla cared about what other people thought about her?
She tried on 42 different outfits for the first day of school because she wanted to impress her classmates.
She stopped eating Lima beans because her friends didn't like them.
She did not want to go to school covered in stripes because she was worried about what her classmates would think about her.
How do you know the experts did not know what was wrong with Camilla?
After they inspected her, they said they needed to go over the numbers again but they did not tell her what was wrong with her.
Why was Camilla embarrassed?
She was embarrassed because the kids at school made fun of her skin condition.
Why were the news reporters outside of Camilla's house?
Camilla's case was extraordinary and they wanted to broadcast it on the news.
Describe how Camilla's character changed from the beginning to the end of the story?
Camilla used to care about what other people thought about her. By the end of the story, she stopped caring and started eating lima beans again.