Main Charaters
Protagonist of the novel : Has Cerebral Palsy
Who is Melody?
Name of the quiz team
What is the Whiz Kids Quiz Team?
Girl who was always kind to Melody and went the aquarium with Melody
Who is Rose?
Disease Melody has
What is Cerebral Palsy?
The author of Out of My Mind
Who is Sharon M. Draper?
Melody's dog : Helps Melody and her sister
Who is Butterscotch?
Where the winning team gets to go
Where is Washington DC?
Melody’s history teacher and is in charge of Quiz Team : Underestimates Melody
Who is Mr. Dimmings?
Melody's new talking device which has changed her life
What is Elvira?
Award she received in 1997
What is the National Teacher of the Year?
Melody's baby sister : Gets hit by a car
Who is Penny?
Class Melody gets to go to with "regular" kids
What are inlusion classes?
A popular fifth-grader in many of Melody’s classes and a member of the Quiz Team
Who is Conner?
Amount of chapters in novel
33
Amount of times she won Coretta Scott King Award
5
Helps Melody prepare for the Quiz Team : Has known Melody since she was a baby
Who is Mrs. V?
Why Melody missed her flight to the quiz competition
Her flight was cancelled-The rest of the team had eaten breakfast together and arrived at the airport extra early. They were then able to switch to a different flight, avoid the storm, and make it to the competition.
The 2 girls who criticize and are very rude to Melody : They are jealous that Melody is smarter than them
Who are Claire and Molly?
School Melody goes to and is setting of novel
What is Spaulding Elementary?
Amount of kids she had
4 children
A college student who is Melody’s personal aide or “mobility assistant.” She helps Melody move around the school, eat lunch, go to the bathroom, and participate in class
Who is Catherine?
Amount of questions Melody got correct on the practice test
She got every question correct (no one else did)
Melody’s fifth grade teacher who cares about Melody and the other students in her special learning class
Who is Mrs. Shannon?
Who the author wrote the book for
Her daughter who also has a disease where she is mute, but believes her daughter is very smart
Place where she lives now
What is Cincinnati, Ohio?