Okay For Now Characters
Okay for Now
Themes
Art Terms and Ideas
Metaphorical Ideas
Wild Card Questions
100

When Doug first moves to Marysville, what does he call his home new home?

The Dump

100

Who said, "So what if everyone in stupid Marysville comes into the stupid library every stupid day? So what?"

Doug

100

What element of art makes objects appear to have a rough, smooth, bumpy, feathery, scaly or hairy surface?

Texture

100

How are light and dark important in life and in art?

Highlights and shadows help to make subject appear three-dimensional.

Jesus is the light of the world.  Humans wander around in darkness.  He shines light on the next steps in our journey.

100
What is the name of the baseball player who Doug admired?

Joe Pepitone

200

What is Mrs. Windermere's nickname for Doug?

Skinny Delivery Boy

200

Who said, "In this class, Doug, you are not your brother."

Mr. Ferris

200

What element of art includes a repeated design?

Pattern

200

Name 3 bad things that Doug's father did in this story.

Hung out with Ernie Echo (bad influence)

Made Doug get a tattoo.

Hit his wife.

Verbally abused everyone.

Always spoke negatively.

300

What are Doug's brother's names?

Chirstopher

Lucas

300

As Doug perseveres through the difficulties in his life, he begins to change, and others' opinions of him begin to change as well.

What are two things that been to change?


He stops saying everything is "stupid". He learns to hold his tongue and not say everything that comes into his head.

He starts studying and working on school work.

He learns to read.

He makes peace with his brother.

300

What is Caravaggio known for? 

His use of dramatic lights and darks, Chiaroscuro.

400

Who helped Doug learn to draw?  Where did he work?

Mr. Powell, the librarian.

400

In Okay for Now, Gary D. Schmidt explores how people too often judge others based on appearance and rumors.  Name 2 situations where someone judges someone else incorrectly.


Doug is new to the town of Marysville, so he begins the story as an outsider, and he is initially treated poorly by his teachers and people on his delivery route.

Doug's older brother Christopher is suspected of robbing Spicer's Deli. People judge Doug based on this, rather than on how Doug himself behaves.

(During the early part of the story, only Doug's mother seems to recognize that her son isn't the "hoodlum in training" others assume he is. Lil Spicer eventually realizes this as well and becomes Doug's good friend, though she at first assumes the worst about him.)

400

The spotlight effect.

Tenebrism

500

Doug admired an artist who painted birds.  What was the artist's name?  

James Audubon

500

This novel speaks about the dangerous ways abuse can become a never-ending cycle. 

The Swieteck family provides an example of how this works. Doug’s father is abusive, which results in Lucas being abusive, which results in Christopher being abusive, which almost leads to Doug being abusive. Because the chain is broken by several positive influences, Doug is able to break the cycle. Name 3 positive influences in Doug's life.

Mr. Ferris  (Science Teacher--listens)

Mrs. Cowper  (Lit. teacher--teaches him how to read)

Mr. Spicer (Lil's Dad--gives him a job)

Doug's Mom-- She is kind and loving to him.

Eventually, Coach Reed

500

Name 6 art projects you have worked on this year.

Circle portrait

Greek Head

Geometric Still Life

Enlargement Project/Grid

Blind Contour Portrait

Azaro Head Portrait

500

What was the tie-breaking question and answer, that Doug answered correctly, to win the competition with Mr. Ballard?

How many stitches are on a baseball?

216

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