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About This Passage
Kate DiCamillo plants the chapter's central problem in plain sight: Mr. Watson opens the PASSENGER door, but Mercy goes to the DRIVER seat. The mismatch is the joke and the conflict.
Every Saturday, Mr. Watson opens the passenger door. Mercy hops into the car. She sits behind the wheel. She snuffles contentedly.
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
In your own words, tell the chapter. What is the most important moment?
Discussion Questions
- Mr. Watson opens the PASSENGER door, expecting Mercy to be the passenger. Mercy goes to the DRIVER seat. What does this tell us about how Mercy sees herself?
- Kate DiCamillo describes a weekly ritual — every Saturday, the same lunch, the same admiring of the car, the same hopping in. Why does the book begin with the ritual instead of with the action?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
to look at something with respect and pleasure
Item 2
a car with a roof that folds down
Item 3
someone who rides in a vehicle but does not drive
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