Lost and Found STUDY GUIDE Chapters 9 and 10

The following words were said by _______. "Darcy, I am so sorry for the pain I caused you. Nothing I can say right now is ging to take it all away. And I understand if you never forgive me. But I'm here for you. You might not believe me, but it's true. I'm here."

Dad

The main idea of the excerpt below is that ____________. "I don't care what [Dad] thinks about anything. I just want my little sister home. I want Jamee home, Mom. I mean, there's so little loft of our family that we can't lose another piece...Grandma is so sick and ...Mom, just want Jamee home!"

Darcy wants Jamee home.

You can conclude from the following excerpt that __________. [Darcy] and Hakeem squeezed into the front seat of her father's car. Judging by the clutter on the back seat, he had been living there. Shirts and pants were piled next to stuffed bags and boxes.

Darcy's father has fallen on hard times.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that ____________. Darcy nodded and left her parents alone. Her world seemed to have shifted over the past few days. Her sister was safe ,and three new loyal friends had come into her life unexpectedly when she needed them most."

Darcy's world has shifted.

The following words were said by ________. "Did Jamee tell you about the nice time we had in the mountains?...Oh, what a time we had! Just the two of us. We went to the mountains and ate fried fish and listened to the wind in the trees. You should have been there. She was so happy. She laughed and laughed..."

Grandma

In the following excerpt, what does the word manic mean? A strange, almost maniac look entered [Dad's} dark eyes. He spun around...and began scrambling up a nearby slope.

crazed

In the following excerpt, what does the word anguished mean? Darcy's father said in a deep, anguished voice, "It wasn't over me coming back, was it?" That isn't what made her run, is it? May God strike me dead if I'm the cause of it."

full of pain

You can conclude from the following excerpt that Jamee might "go to the last place where she felt truly happy" because _____________. "...Grandma was talking abut he mountains just now and how Jamee was so happy there. I think maybe she'd go to the las place where she felt truly happy," Darcy explained.

she might feel happy again there.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that ____________. "It was a big shock to have you come back after five years. [Jamee] worshiped you. You should have seen her right after you left, making up crazy lies to explain why you were still a good guy even though you'd left us. You were being held prisoner by enemy agents...Stuff like that. Then she learned the truth. She ha all that hurt in her and now, all of a sudden, you're back, bringing all the hurt back. Maybe that's why she ran away !"

the pain of her father's disappearance and reappearance may be why Jamee ran away.

You can conclude from the following excerpt that Darcy thinks it's important to tell Jamee this ____________. "Jamee, Dad was the one who found you by the giant tree," Darcy whispered.

to make Jamee feel better about her father.