Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

Match the following characters to their descriptions:

• social studies teacher who looks like Santa

• Mr. Dowd

• Mr. Dowd's sister; librarian

• Peter

• San's friend who plays guitar

• San

• protagonist who has been pretending to be Buddhist

• Margaret

• Emily's step-brother who is protective and broke his finger

• Woody

What does San tell his dad in the letter he writes him?

• that he is sorry he hasn't been talking to him

• that he is coming to visit him soon

• that he has been lying, too

• that he is angry with him and acting out by lying

San's mom says that she is _________ when she sees the letter San wrote.

• worried about him

• glad he wrote it

• upset with him

• not sure if he should send it

Peter's revenge is to:​ ​ (a)  

• punch San in the face
• tell on San
• trip San in the hallway
• tell lies about San to Emily
• kick San in the knee
• steal San's books

Reorder the following events in the order we read about them in the book.

• Mr. Dowd leaves a last note for San

• Peter gets his revenge

• Emily plays a Beatles' song

• San writes a letter

• Mr. Dowd talks to San

Who has been leaving the mysterious notes for San in his locker?

• Margaret the librarian

• Mr. Dowd

• Emily

• Mike

Which genre does the book fit into?

• fantasy

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

What lessons does San learn by the end of this book?

• to not lie about who is is because it hurts others

• to break the opponent's fingers when he plays basketball

• to not let anger cause him to treat others badly

• that Emily is not to be trusted

"ELL" is the initials for which character?

What does the ending or RESOLUTION of this book tell us?

• information about how Peter and San become good friends

• how San gets a job helping Mildred at the library

• how San and Emily spend the whole summer together and talk about marriage in four years

• lots of questions - about Peter, San and Emily, and their parents