Hover by Samantha Mabry

Pick the answer that provides evidence that shows the situation with the ghost worsens, Rebecca feels desperate to help Daisy return to normal.

• “She dropped to her knees and pleaded with her sister to come home, but Daisy ignored her.” (Paragraph 79)

• “Rebecca tailed Daisy through their front door and down the hall toward the bedroom that Daisy had stopped sleeping in weeks ago.” (Paragraph 85)

• “Rebecca grabbed a sweater from their closet, knowing that it would be easier to convince Daisy to cover up than to come inside.” (Paragraph 82)

• “She’d peer off into the middle distance, or into the windows of their neighbors’ houses, or at the bark of a tree less than two feet in front of her.” (Paragraph75)

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Which piece of evidence supports that the girls' mother is self-centered?

• "Things will get better. We can travel. When I get back from Brazil, I’ll stay for almost a week.’” (Paragraph 66)

• Before hanging up, their mom suggested that Daisy take some vitamins and try either making a new friend or reaching out to a friend from their old town.” (Paragraph 67

• “She asked, did they ever think of her, how difficult it must be for her to be gone all the time?” (Paragraph 74)

• "She needed to pay off the move, so she had taken as many shifts as the airline would give her.” (Paragraph 65

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Which piece of evidence demonstrates that the relationship between Daisy and the ghost is becoming more disturbing?

• "Can you feel it? Does it touch you?’” (Paragraph 59

• "That’s why she had stopped sleeping in the bedroom and started sleeping out in the den.” (Paragraph 56

• "As the days dragged on toward summer, Rebecca got more and more frustrated.” (Paragraph 54

• "Daisy was dozing off and on, her head against Rebecca’s shoulder.” (Paragraph 55

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Which piece of evidence illustrates Daisy’s worry about the ghost?

• "She opened her mouth, but then she was called away again.’” (Paragraph 40)

• "Daisy shifted behind Rebecca and placed a warm hand on her back, between her shoulder blades." (Paragraph 35

• "‘I don’t know. It’s not like I can do anything.’” (Paragraph 45

• "Her face was drained of color, and she seemed to be holding her breath.” (Paragraph 32

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What evidence shows how the ghost makes Rebecca feel?

• "Does it look at you?” asked Rebecca. “Does it know that you can see it?’”(Paragraph 13

• "Rebecca sucked in a breath, stung by two things: Daisy’s obvious annoyance, plus her use of the word my, as if the ghost belonged only to her. (Paragraph 28

• "Rebecca had learned from stories that ghosts were often described by their out-of-date clothes, so she figured it was as good a question as any.” (Paragraph 9

• "Rebecca almost automatically answered yes, she had, because she’d always had this habit of insisting that every experience between them be an experience shared.” (Paragraph 7

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Which shows Rebecca is trying to comfort Daisy after the ghost moved?

• Daisy would curl up on her right side, and Rebecca would curl up on her left.” (Paragraph 18

• In the weeks that followed, Rebecca often caught her sister glancing at their bedroom doorway in that blandly curious way a person might look at a bird landing on a tree limb or to a crane fly hopping up a wall

• Rebecca was creating a picture there of the ghost, just as Daisy had described it, but that picture — that girl — came out of Rebecca’s imagination.” (Paragraph 19

• Rebecca sucked in a breath, stung by two things: Daisy’s obvious annoyance, plus her use of the word my, as if the ghost belonged only to her. (Paragraph 28

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Rebecca reacts to Daisy’s relationship to the ghost with…

• Jealousy

• Hopefulness

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Hearing about the ghost makes Rebecca feel…

• Thrilled

• Frightened

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Which quotation illustrates Rebecca’s confused feelings about the ghost?

• But now it’s just kind of normal…’’ (Paragraph 3

• Since when was seeing a ghost normal? Since when was Daisy keeping secrets from her normal?” (Paragraph 4

• She’d only been scared at first — not because the ghost was scary, really, but because it was so unexpected.” (Paragraph 2

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What does Confirm Mean?

• The state of a ghost.

• To be scared.

• To prove or show to be true.

• The space between floorboards.

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