4A1 - Paper Towns

• Engels
• Middelbare school

What do Ben and Radar do every day after school that Quentin does not do?

1. Run on the cross-country team
2. Go to band practice
3. Go to orchestra practice
4. Read comic books

What are Quentin’s parents’ professions?

1. They're both chiropactors
2. They’re both lawyers
3. They’re both therapists
4. They’re both retired ballet dancers

How does Margo get the security guard to let herself and Quentin into Sea World?

1. She gives him a hundred-dollar bill
2. She convinces him that she’s a celebrity
3. She outruns him
4. She punches him in the gut

Which of the following people did Margo NOT leave a dead fish for during her revenge mission?

1. Karin
2. Jase
3. Becca
4. Lacey

After their night of adventure, Margo disappeared and Q was left to search for her. What was the first clue he found?

1. a note on his desk
2. a poster in her window
3. a book in her locker
4. a postcard in her bed

How does Quentin’s Ms. English teacher interpret “Song of Myself”?

1. She suggests that it’s a poem about celebrating life, not about suicide
2. She says that it’s a poem about how irritated Whitman is with the artificiality he sees around him
3. She says that the only important line is “Unscrew the locks from the doors!”
4. She tells Quentin that Emily Dickinson is a far superior poet

What is the name of Radar's girlfriend?

1. Lacey
2. Margo
3. Becca
4. Angela

What does Ben superglue to his hand during prom night?

1. A paper town
2. Myrna Mountweazel
3. A sword made of beer cans
4. One of Radar’s parents’ black Santas.

What do Quentin and his friends nickname Quentin’s minivan?

1. The Dreidel
2. RHAPAW
3. John Updike
4. Moby-Dick

What are Quentin, Ben, and Radar wearing when they get in the car to drive to Agloe?

1. Graduation robes with boxer shorts underneath
2. Graduation caps, but no graduation robes
3. Just t-shirts
4. Graduation robes, and that’s it

QUESTION 1

In each of her disappearances, Margo leaves a series of clues—alphabet-soup letters in a bowl, Minnie Mouse ears on her bed—and her latest disappearance is no exception.

• What clues does Margo leave behind this time around?
• Why does Margo go through the process of leaving behind clues as to the location of her disappearances?
• Why would she leave behind clues if she was disappearing and truly did not want to be found? 

QUESTION 2

Part Three finds Q and his friends taking off on an extensive road trip to find Margo in the fictional town of Agloe, NY.

• Consider Q’s purpose in traveling to find Margo. Why does he feel so responsible for her, considering that they have not been friends for most of their lives? What does he hope to gain in finding her?
• Evaluate why Radar, Ben, and Lacey decide to accompany Q on his journey to find Margo. Is each undertaking this trip to locate Margo, or to support Q? What does each hope to gain through the trip?