Janie Johnson-
Reeve Shields-
Sarah- Charlotte-
Adair-
Frank and Miranda Javensen/Johnson
Hannah- Chapter 1 Questions
Why did Janie think she was kidnapped?
She thought she was kidnapped because she her face on the back of a milk carton.
Do you think she really was kidnapped?
Yes, because she keeps having daymares about before she was "kidnapped."
How did Janie's friends react when she told them that it was her face on the milk carton?
They thought she was just trying to get out of class.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. infuriating - causing or tending to cause anger or outrage
2. affectionate - having great affection or love
3. vastly - of great area or extent
Chapter 2 Questions
What do you think Janie will do with the milk carton when she gets home?
I think that she will hide it when she gets home.
What made Reeve think /feel he was the misfit in his family?
He was doing poorly in school when his siblings got straight A's
What was Janie's daymare?
Her daymare was that she was three and she was getting ice cream with a woman who she didn't know.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. clinically - extemely objective or realistic
2. primary - first or highest rank of importance
3. jostled - to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbowed roughly or rudely
Chapter 3 Questions
What are Janie's hobbies?
Janie's hobbies were gymnastics, horseback riding, and music.
Why did Janie's mother say that there were no baby pictures of Janie? Why didn't Janie believe her?
They said there were no baby pictures because they hadn't bought a camera until she was five. Janie didn't beileve her because she thought they kidnapped her at age three.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. immortalized - to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate
2. contours - the outline of a figure or body; the line or edge that defines or bounds a shape or object
3. cuisines - a style or quality of cooking
Chapter 4 Questions
What was the prank at school?
The pank was to tape all of the ninth graders chairs together.
Why was Janie's mom putting off the birth certificate?
She was putting it off because she didn't want Janie to see her birth certificate.
Describe how Janie feels toward her Parents.
She loves them but she's also curious as to whether or not they kidnapped her.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. architecturally - of or pertaining to architecture
2. substantial - of ample or considerable amount
3. guillotine - a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides
Chapter 5 Questions
Why do you think Reeve did not come back to Janie after the phone call?
I think he didn't come back to Janie after the phone call because he was nervous that she would be mad at him.
Why did Janie have trouble calling the 800 number?
She had trouble because she wasn't entirely sure her parents kidnapped her.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. primitive - early in history of the world or of the human kind
2. interlocked - to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized
3. hallucinations - a sensory experience of something that does not exist
Chapter 6 Questions
How do you think Janie was able to concentrate on driving or anything else when she was worried about the kidnapping?
I think she was able to concentrate on driving because she said it made her feel powerful.
Was she able to act normal at the tailgate party?
Yes she was because she put it out of her mind and just kept thinking about Reeve.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. frivolously - characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
2. confining - to enclose within bounds
3. shellac - lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish
Chapter 7 Questions
Why did Janie want to go to the safe deposit box?
She wanted to go to it so she could see her birth certificate.
What was mysterious about the old trunk?
It had an H written on it and Janie didn't know anyone who's name started with an H.
What did Janie find in the trunk?
She found the dress from the girl on the milk carton and old term papers from a girl named Hannah.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. conservancy - conserving a natural resource
2. irritable - easily irritated or annoyed
3. mimeographed - a copy made from a mimeograph
Chapter 8 Questions
What did Janie suddenly remember about shopping?
Janie being three and clothes shopping with her "mom."
At the end of the chapter, what questions did Janie demand answers for?
She wanted to know why there weren't any photographs of her until she was five, who Hannah was in the upstairs and, why she couldn't she her birth certificate.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. deprivation - the act of depriving
2. ritually - an established or prescribed procedure for a religous or other rite
3. rigor mortis - the stiffening of the body after death
Chapter 9 Questions
What was Janie's reaction when she found out about Hannah?
She didn't really care she was just happy that she wasn't kidnapped.
When did the Johnsons first see Janie?
When Hannah just showed up at the door with her.
Why did the parents never write to Hannah or try to keep in contact with her?
To keep Janie safe.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. illegitimate - born of parents who are not married to each other
2. inequities - lack of equity
3. resurrection - the act of rising from the dead
Chapter 10 Questions
When did Janie realize that her parents' story did not explain the picture on the milk carton or the dress that was in the trunk?
She realized after she woke in her bed drenched in sweat.
What new information did Janie get in her daymares?
toddlers in high chairs pounding spoons on the tray, laughter richocheting off kitchen walls, and car doors slamming.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. bracketing - a support
2. cyanide - a salt of hydrocyanic acid
3. sane - free from mental derangement
Chapter 11 Questions
Although Janie filled Reeve in on the details about what she had discovered, why wasn't he comfortable about finding the Spring family from the milk carton?
He thought that both Janie and his parents would think they rented a motel room and had sex.
Why did Reeve tell Janie about his problems growing up with his super-achiever brothers and sisters?
Reeve found the silence between him and Janie intolerable.
What did Janie and Reeve see when they drove by the Springs' house?
They saw what was supposed to be Janie's three brothers.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. conspriacy - the act of conspiring
2. scandal - a disgraceful or discreditable action
3.chauffeur - a person employed to drive a private automobile
Chapter 12 Questions
How did Janie and Reeve's parents react when they got home?
They came outside screaming at them.
What do you think the parents will do with Reeve and Janie?
I think that they will get grounded.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. commuters - a person who comutes
2. addicts - a person who is addicted to a activity
3. industrial - of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting of industry
Chapter 13 Questions
Why did Janie bask in her parents' anger?
She was happy because if her parents were yelling at her that ment that they loved her enough to care where she was.
Why didn't Janie talk about what they saw in New Jersey?
She wasn't really able to handle telling anyone without freaking out.
Why didn't Janie look at the picture of the family, which was in the paper?
She knew that if she looked at the picture then her former family would become to real.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. taut - tightly drawn; tense; not slack
2. acquire - to come into possesion or ownership of
3. percale - a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth used for bed sheets, clothing
Chapter 14
What did Janie try to write in her notebook?
Janie wrote in her notebook so she could let her feelings out instead of keeping them bottled up.
How would the Springs feel if Janie really mailed them her letter?
They would probably call the police and the FBI.
Why did Janie in a way want to go to the Adolescent Trauma Center?
So she could ask the doctor about brainwash.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. flippant - frivolously disrespectful
2. trauma - a body wound or shock
3. psychiatrists - a physician who practices psychiatry
Chapter 15
Why did Reeve tell his sister about the kidnapping?
Lizzie was going to become a lawyer so Reeve thought she could figure out what really happen.
Was this a good idea? Why or why not?
It was a good idea because if Reeve hadn't told Lizzie they might never have figured out it was Hannah.
How did Lizzie determine who was the individual who had really done the kidnapping?
She read articles about the kidnapping and then she and everyone else agreed that the Johnsons were to nice to do it.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. linoleum - a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil
2. lighthearted - carefree; cheerful; gay
3. innuendo - an indirect intimation about a person or thing
Chapter 16
What were Janie's theories on why Frank and Miranda had not read about the kidnapping and seen her picture?
She figured that they were to busy worrying about the cult to read newspapers.
Why were Janie's friendships with Sarah-Charlotte and Reeve in trouble?
All Janie ever talked or thought about was New Jersey.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. inelegantly - not elegant; lacking in refinement
2. variation - the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character; or degree
3.significance - importance
Chapter 17
Why had Reeve broken up with Janie?
He had broken up with her because she wouldn't tell her parents about the milk carton.
What did Janie plan to do with her letter to the Springs?
She planned to not send the letter to the Springs.
What triggered Janie to talk to Lizzie?
Lizzie was able to keep cool and she had come up with the idea that Hannah had stole Janie.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. condensed - reduced in volume, area, length, or scope
2. Samaritan - a person who gratuiously gives help or sympathy to those in distress
3. demented - crazy; insane; mad
Chapter 18
How do you think Janie told her parents the truth?
She probably broke down and just started crying.
Why do you think the author did not include this important scene in the book?
So she could coutine to write books.
Why didn't Janie want to meet the Springs?
She didn't want to meet them because she thought they would want her to go home.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. emotionalism - excessively emotional character
Main Characters
Janie Johnson-
Reeve Shields-
Sarah- Charlotte-
Adair-
Frank and Miranda Javensen/Johnson
Hannah-
Chapter 1 Questions
Why did Janie think she was kidnapped?
She thought she was kidnapped because she her face on the back of a milk carton.
Do you think she really was kidnapped?
Yes, because she keeps having daymares about before she was "kidnapped."
How did Janie's friends react when she told them that it was her face on the milk carton?
They thought she was just trying to get out of class.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. infuriating - causing or tending to cause anger or outrage
2. affectionate - having great affection or love
3. vastly - of great area or extent
Chapter 2 Questions
What do you think Janie will do with the milk carton when she gets home?
I think that she will hide it when she gets home.
What made Reeve think /feel he was the misfit in his family?
He was doing poorly in school when his siblings got straight A's
What was Janie's daymare?
Her daymare was that she was three and she was getting ice cream with a woman who she didn't know.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. clinically - extemely objective or realistic
2. primary - first or highest rank of importance
3. jostled - to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbowed roughly or rudely
Chapter 3 Questions
What are Janie's hobbies?
Janie's hobbies were gymnastics, horseback riding, and music.
Why did Janie's mother say that there were no baby pictures of Janie? Why didn't Janie believe her?
They said there were no baby pictures because they hadn't bought a camera until she was five. Janie didn't beileve her because she thought they kidnapped her at age three.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. immortalized - to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate
2. contours - the outline of a figure or body; the line or edge that defines or bounds a shape or object
3. cuisines - a style or quality of cooking
Chapter 4 Questions
What was the prank at school?
The pank was to tape all of the ninth graders chairs together.
Why was Janie's mom putting off the birth certificate?
She was putting it off because she didn't want Janie to see her birth certificate.
Describe how Janie feels toward her Parents.
She loves them but she's also curious as to whether or not they kidnapped her.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. architecturally - of or pertaining to architecture
2. substantial - of ample or considerable amount
3. guillotine - a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides
Chapter 5 Questions
Why do you think Reeve did not come back to Janie after the phone call?
I think he didn't come back to Janie after the phone call because he was nervous that she would be mad at him.
Why did Janie have trouble calling the 800 number?
She had trouble because she wasn't entirely sure her parents kidnapped her.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. primitive - early in history of the world or of the human kind
2. interlocked - to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized
3. hallucinations - a sensory experience of something that does not exist
Chapter 6 Questions
How do you think Janie was able to concentrate on driving or anything else when she was worried about the kidnapping?
I think she was able to concentrate on driving because she said it made her feel powerful.
Was she able to act normal at the tailgate party?
Yes she was because she put it out of her mind and just kept thinking about Reeve.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. frivolously - characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
2. confining - to enclose within bounds
3. shellac - lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish
Chapter 7 Questions
Why did Janie want to go to the safe deposit box?
She wanted to go to it so she could see her birth certificate.
What was mysterious about the old trunk?
It had an H written on it and Janie didn't know anyone who's name started with an H.
What did Janie find in the trunk?
She found the dress from the girl on the milk carton and old term papers from a girl named Hannah.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. conservancy - conserving a natural resource
2. irritable - easily irritated or annoyed
3. mimeographed - a copy made from a mimeograph
Chapter 8 Questions
What did Janie suddenly remember about shopping?
Janie being three and clothes shopping with her "mom."
At the end of the chapter, what questions did Janie demand answers for?
She wanted to know why there weren't any photographs of her until she was five, who Hannah was in the upstairs and, why she couldn't she her birth certificate.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. deprivation - the act of depriving
2. ritually - an established or prescribed procedure for a religous or other rite
3. rigor mortis - the stiffening of the body after death
Chapter 9 Questions
What was Janie's reaction when she found out about Hannah?
She didn't really care she was just happy that she wasn't kidnapped.
When did the Johnsons first see Janie?
When Hannah just showed up at the door with her.
Why did the parents never write to Hannah or try to keep in contact with her?
To keep Janie safe.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. illegitimate - born of parents who are not married to each other
2. inequities - lack of equity
3. resurrection - the act of rising from the dead
Chapter 10 Questions
When did Janie realize that her parents' story did not explain the picture on the milk carton or the dress that was in the trunk?
She realized after she woke in her bed drenched in sweat.
What new information did Janie get in her daymares?
toddlers in high chairs pounding spoons on the tray, laughter richocheting off kitchen walls, and car doors slamming.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. bracketing - a support
2. cyanide - a salt of hydrocyanic acid
3. sane - free from mental derangement
Chapter 11 Questions
Although Janie filled Reeve in on the details about what she had discovered, why wasn't he comfortable about finding the Spring family from the milk carton?
He thought that both Janie and his parents would think they rented a motel room and had sex.
Why did Reeve tell Janie about his problems growing up with his super-achiever brothers and sisters?
Reeve found the silence between him and Janie intolerable.
What did Janie and Reeve see when they drove by the Springs' house?
They saw what was supposed to be Janie's three brothers.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. conspriacy - the act of conspiring
2. scandal - a disgraceful or discreditable action
3.chauffeur - a person employed to drive a private automobile
Chapter 12 Questions
How did Janie and Reeve's parents react when they got home?
They came outside screaming at them.
What do you think the parents will do with Reeve and Janie?
I think that they will get grounded.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. commuters - a person who comutes
2. addicts - a person who is addicted to a activity
3. industrial - of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting of industry
Chapter 13 Questions
Why did Janie bask in her parents' anger?
She was happy because if her parents were yelling at her that ment that they loved her enough to care where she was.
Why didn't Janie talk about what they saw in New Jersey?
She wasn't really able to handle telling anyone without freaking out.
Why didn't Janie look at the picture of the family, which was in the paper?
She knew that if she looked at the picture then her former family would become to real.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. taut - tightly drawn; tense; not slack
2. acquire - to come into possesion or ownership of
3. percale - a closely woven, smooth-finished, plain or printed cotton cloth used for bed sheets, clothing
Chapter 14
What did Janie try to write in her notebook?
Janie wrote in her notebook so she could let her feelings out instead of keeping them bottled up.
How would the Springs feel if Janie really mailed them her letter?
They would probably call the police and the FBI.
Why did Janie in a way want to go to the Adolescent Trauma Center?
So she could ask the doctor about brainwash.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. flippant - frivolously disrespectful
2. trauma - a body wound or shock
3. psychiatrists - a physician who practices psychiatry
Chapter 15
Why did Reeve tell his sister about the kidnapping?
Lizzie was going to become a lawyer so Reeve thought she could figure out what really happen.
Was this a good idea? Why or why not?
It was a good idea because if Reeve hadn't told Lizzie they might never have figured out it was Hannah.
How did Lizzie determine who was the individual who had really done the kidnapping?
She read articles about the kidnapping and then she and everyone else agreed that the Johnsons were to nice to do it.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. linoleum - a hard, washable floor covering formed by coating burlap or canvas with linseed oil
2. lighthearted - carefree; cheerful; gay
3. innuendo - an indirect intimation about a person or thing
Chapter 16
What were Janie's theories on why Frank and Miranda had not read about the kidnapping and seen her picture?
She figured that they were to busy worrying about the cult to read newspapers.
Why were Janie's friendships with Sarah-Charlotte and Reeve in trouble?
All Janie ever talked or thought about was New Jersey.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. inelegantly - not elegant; lacking in refinement
2. variation - the act, process, or accident of varying in condition, character; or degree
3.significance - importance
Chapter 17
Why had Reeve broken up with Janie?
He had broken up with her because she wouldn't tell her parents about the milk carton.
What did Janie plan to do with her letter to the Springs?
She planned to not send the letter to the Springs.
What triggered Janie to talk to Lizzie?
Lizzie was able to keep cool and she had come up with the idea that Hannah had stole Janie.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. condensed - reduced in volume, area, length, or scope
2. Samaritan - a person who gratuiously gives help or sympathy to those in distress
3. demented - crazy; insane; mad
Chapter 18
How do you think Janie told her parents the truth?
She probably broke down and just started crying.
Why do you think the author did not include this important scene in the book?
So she could coutine to write books.
Why didn't Janie want to meet the Springs?
She didn't want to meet them because she thought they would want her to go home.
List and define three vocabulary words from this chapter you did not know.
1. emotionalism - excessively emotional character
2. hypnotically - of or pertaining to hypnosis
3. scarlet - a bright-red inclining toward orange