What
What is the big idea of the Memory String?
to honor the past or embrace the future
Where does most of this story take place?
outside in the back yard
Who is the main character
Laura
Why is Laura upset
because she lost her mother and now has a stepmother
How does Laura feel about her stepmother?
isolated and left out of the relationship
What does the word squirming mean?
wiggling their bodies back and forth
Where did Laura put the memory string?
In a red velvet box
Who is Whiskers
her cat
Why does Laura name each of the buttons on the memory string?
To demonstrate her love and memories of her mother
How does Laura show she is angry in the passage?
She talks loudly and mumbles under her breath
What does "to peer" mean
looking with squinting eyes
Where was Laura when she overheard Jane talking to her dad?
upstairs in her room
Who comes down to check on Laura when the string breaks?
her dad
The author wrote "It hurt to hear them happy like that"- Why does the author tell us this?
Jane bothers Laura. This implies that Laura feels isolated by the relationship between her father and stepmother
How does the author show in the text that Laura feels indifferent towards Jane
The word "hate" is italicized
What words from the text show Laura's attitude is changing toward Jane?
It's like a mother. Jane understood the true moments on the string.
Where was Jane when she was talking to Laura's dad about the memory string?
on the swing on the porch
Who broke the memory string?
Whiskers the cat
Why did Laura say that the green button on Jane's blouse would be good to have on the memory string?
this was her way of letting her know she was sorry and accepting her
How did Laura's attitude change toward's Jane at the end about restringing the memory string?
she was willing to accept help
What did Jane offer to help Laura do?
restring the memory string
Where did the memory string break?
Under the oak tree in the back yard.
Whose idea was it to go out in the dark to find the very last button?
Jane's
Why did Jane want to go find the missing button?
She wanted to help mend Laura's broken heart and show her she wasn't an evil stepmother
How was the relationship between Jane and Laura after finding the lost button
better with positive possibilities