Every Day

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. A mother-daughter fashion show (Chapter 1)

2. The guilt (Chapter 3)

Short Answer

1. No matter who A inhabits, mornings involve dressing, hurrying through breakfast, and getting out the door. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. Drug addiction (Chapter 5)

2. Midnight (Chapter 6)

Short Answer

1. A decides to hijack Amy Tran’s life for his own purposes. He does not follow the normal routine Amy would follow; instead, A acts on his own desire, to find Rhiannon at her school, an hour away. (Chapter 4)

Chapters 7-9

Reading Check

1. Demonic possession (Chapter 8)

2. A bookstore (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. They think religions have much more in common than many people expect. The beliefs of all the different religions are essentially the same. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 10-12

Reading Check

1. Paul and Tom (Chapter 10)

2. Mental illness, specifically depression (Chapter 12)

Short Answer

1. Because people either see him in black-and-white terms, as either a freak or an oracle. In telling his story, the people around him have stopped treating him like a normal sixteen-year-old boy. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 13-15

Reading Check

1. Annapolis (Chapter 13)

2. The Onion (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. Ashley Aston is a stunningly beautiful girl, so A devises a plan with Rhiannon to test Justin’s loyalty: They will go to dinner together, and A (as Ashley) will flirt with Justin. However, the plan backfires and Justin angrily rejects A’s advances. (Chapter 14)

Chapters 16-18

Reading Check

1. By e-mail (Chapter 16)

2. A pretends to be sick. (Chapter 17)

Short Answer

1. Even though A is still depressed about Rhiannon, A cannot let Valeria stay home from work (unlike Chevelle) because that could have serious consequences for her. What’s more, A feels ill due to Valeria’s menstrual cramps; A debates taking some Midol from the cabinet of the house they’re cleaning, but they do not want to risk getting Valeria in trouble. As such, Valeria must suffer through working with severe cramps. (Chapter 18)

Chapters 19-21

Reading Check

1. A cross-country meet (Chapter 19)

2. Baltimore (Chapter 20)

Short Answer

1. A considers being cruel to Nathan by revealing that A was AJ, and making Nathan fear future anonymous visits from A. However, A recognizes that they are upset about not getting what A wants (a relationship with Rhiannon), which drives this desire to be cruel. It is not in their usual nature to be cruel. (Chapter 21)

Chapters 22-24

Reading Check

1. He is good with computers, very tech-savvy. (Chapter 23)

2. She is mean – she has a judgmental, “poison” personality. (Chapter 24)

Short Answer

1. A is more respectful of intruding upon Rhiannon than any other body they’ve inhabited in the past. A does not access nearly as much of Rhiannon’s memories as they’ve done with other people. A also opts not to shower in the body of Rhiannon because it seems wrong to be this close to her nakedness. (Chapter 22)

Chapters 25-27

Reading Check

1. George is homeschooled, and his mother has tight control over his schedule. (Chapter 25)

2. 90 years old (Chapter 26)

Short Answer

1.  A feels that Rhiannon is just attracted to Xavier’s body, and so it feels wrong to A. Additionally, it is a moment in their relationship when things between A and Rhiannon are very uncertain, so having sex at this stage does not seem right to A. (Chapter 27)

Chapters 28-30

Reading Check

1. That she is hungover (Chapter 28)

2. Because, as a transperson, Vic knows what it is like to be born into the wrong body (Chapter 30)

Short Answer

1. Because the wedding is being held in Hawaii, which means they could potentially be separated from Rhiannon. The way A’s situation works, the only way they’d be able to get back to Maryland (where A and Rhiannon live) is if they woke up the next day in the body of a 16-year-old who was headed home to Maryland from Hawaii. They decide to forgo going to the wedding and refuse to get on the plane to Hawaii. (Chapter 29)

Chapters 31-33

Reading Check

1. Finn is overweight. (Chapter 32)

2. A park by her school (Chapter 33)

Short Answer

1. The funeral makes A think about their own life, and the fact that no one knows about their existence excerpt for Rhiannon. A becomes terribly sad realizing that no one will know when they pass away; and there will be no funeral, no gathering of friends and relatives. (Chapter 31)

Chapters 34-36

Reading Check

1. A Mexican restaurant (Chapter 34)

2. A reads Poole’s website. (Chapter 36)

Short Answer

1. That there are others who like A move from body to body. Reverend Poole also reveals that it is possible for A to make possessions last more than a single day – he just needs to learn how. (Chapter 35)

Chapters 37-39

Reading Check

1. Amelia (Chapter 37)

2. Heartbreak (Chapter 38)

Short Answer

1. A realizes that that having an understanding partner, as Zara has with Amelia, is an incredible thing, and that “tenderness” between two people has a deeply positive, transformative power. A also realizes, as they consider Zara’s circle of friends, that larger connection is important too. (Chapters 37-39)

Chapters 40-41

Reading Check

1. A 10-hour mix of music that they can listen to on their road trip (Chapter 40)

2. Katie (Chapter 41)

Short Answer

1. A (as Alexander) and Rhiannon cook dinner together and conclude a lovely evening by spending the night together. Rhiannon asks if A can stay in Alexander’s body forever, but A says no, that it would be murder if they were to do that. So, as a grand final gesture, A informs Rhiannon that she and Alexander have the same kind of heart, meaning that Alexander and Rhiannon should be together. (Chapter 41)