Crystal's Powers [The Weird Ones, #1]

What object flies off of Crystal’s desk at the beginning of this story?

• her glasses

• a phone

• a pencil

• a book

What caused Crystal and her parents to move to a new town?

• Her parents thought that the city was too chaotic for Crystal.

• Her parents wanted to move closer to her grandparents.

• The new town had better schools than their old town.

• Her parents both got jobs at a bioengineering research lab.

What can you conclude about Crystal and her powers based on this information?

• Crystal has to close her eyes and focus in order to use her powers.

• Crystal uses her mind and her vision to experiment with her powers.

• Crystal’s powers only work at night, when there isn’t much light.

• Crystal wants to research her new powers but doesn’t know where to start.

What scares Crystal about her powers?

• She is worried that she’ll lose control and hurt someone.

• She is worried that the powers will change her personality.

• She is worried that people will think she’s a “freak.”

• She is worried that she’ll have to leave home.

What is the main idea of this text?

• Crystal develops strange new powers when her family moves to a new town, and as she’s trying to decide what to do about her powers, she meets someone else with similar strange powers.

• Crystal’s family moves to a town because her parents are mathematicians and they want to work at the Stephens Institute, a powerful research center for technology, bioengineering, and math.

• Crystal’s mom thinks that she throws a math book onto the floor at the beginning of this story because she is worried that Crystal doesn’t like math very much, which concerns her mom.

• Crystal has a scary experience while she is biking to school one windy day when a tree branch crashes down off of a tree and almost falls on her.

Why does the author choose to end the story with the tree branch falling?

• to make readers angry

• to create suspense

• to make readers laugh

• to create enemies

Choose the word that best completes the following sentence.

A giant tree branch almost hits Crystal, _____ she is saved by another kid with powers

• eventually

• for example

• at first

• but

Why does Crystal decide to keep her powers a secret from her parents?

How does Crystal figure out the limits of her powers?

How does Crystal feel about her powers in this story? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.