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ANSWER KEY
3
THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
1 Because he is funny, and he listens to her.
2 Susannah and Laurel are out at a museum
or the mall. Belly is worried about
Susannah because she is sad, and she is
spending a lot of time in her room.
3 Conrad fights a huge guy at the party
because he is very drunk and angry. He
wants to fight somebody.
1 Laurel and Susannah are fighting about
the boys. Laurel wants Susannah to tell
them something, but Susannah does not
want to do this.
2 Susannah and Mr. Fisher are getting a
divorce. Belly is surprised, but Conrad is
angry.
3 At first, she thinks that she does not love
Conrad when she is hanging out with Cam
all the time. But, after Conrad dances with
her at the end of the chapter, it is hard not
to love him.
1 The pearl necklace is very pretty, and
Susannah’s father gave it to her on her
sixteenth birthday.
2 He gives her a small charm for her bracelet.
It is a key because she is learning to drive.
3 Example answer: Because she is annoyed
by Conrad and Nicole, and she wants to
make Conrad jealous.
1 Jeremiah loves Belly because she is cooler
than any other girl.
2 Because Belly tells him that she loves him,
but he does not say this back to her. They
are both angry because they think the
other person is playing games.
3 Laurel stops the fight between Conrad and
Jeremiah. She is very sad.
Before-reading questions
1 Example answer: The title is The Summer
I Turned Pretty, so Belly probably was
younger and not very pretty before the
story begins. Now, she is older and pretty,
and in the pictures she looks happy and
confident.
2 Reader’s own answer.
3 Reader’s own answer.
During-reading questions
1 Because their mom and dad are divorced.
2 She’s sleeping in the beach house.
3 He means that she has changed a lot, and
now looks older and not a little sister.
1 Because he is very busy at work.
2 No. He had a girlfriend called Aubrey,
but she dumped him because he changed.
3 She wants him to stop smoking.
1 He is going on a college road trip with
his dad.
2 Jeremiah teaches Belly to drive.
3 Jeremiah was Belly’s first kiss.
1 Example answer: She thinks that Cam is
cute, and she is embarrassed because he
sees that she is looking at him.
2 They met at a Latin convention. Belly
hates that he knows her from before
because she was not very pretty then.
3 Jeremiah talks to Belly because things are
difficult for Conrad this summer. Jeremiah
wants Belly to be nice to Conrad.
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
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ANSWER KEY
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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
3 Example answer: Jeremiah is a good
brother to Conrad. He asks Belly to be nicer
to Conrad because he knows that Conrad is
hurting. He also leaves him alone because he
thinks that is what he wants. He helps to stop
the fight at Kinsey’s party. Also, in the pool
at the end, he does not say anything when
Conrad moves hair from Belly’s eyes. He still
loves Belly, but he does not try to stop Conrad
and Belly.
4 Reader’s own answer.
5 Reader’s own answer.
Exercises
1 Steven 2 Belly
3 Conrad 4 Jeremiah
5 Laurel
1 Susannah thinks that the children can
drink wine at dinner.
2 Mr. Fisher can be a jerk.
3 Conrad had a girlfriend, but now he
does not.
4 Aubrey dumped Conrad because he
changed.
5 Susannah was sick with cancer.
1 I could see that it made Steven unhappy.
2 I liked Conrad, even when he was moody.
3 “I think that you’re ready now, Belly.”
4 When he saw my face, he laughed.
5 I was surprised that he remembered
our kiss.
1 Example answer: Susannah wanted it to
be a perfect summer, but Conrad could not
be nice for her. Belly understands that
Conrad is hurting, but then she is angry
with him when he gets home.
2 She understands that Susannah needs her,
so she needs to be strong for her. Susannah
and Belly make cakes together and talk
about school.
3 Example answer: Conrad is feeling very
sad about his mom, but he is happy
because Belly is there with him, and he
likes her.
1 It comes too soon, and they have to clean
and wash everything.
2 She wants to have one more good time
before the summer ends.
3 Reader’s own answer.
After-reading questions
1 Reader’s own answer.
2 Example answer: A lot of special things
happen in the story. For example, Belly
enjoys hanging out with Cam, and she and
Conrad kiss. But it is a sad summer, too.
Belly learns that Susannah is sick, and that
she and Mr. Fisher are getting a divorce.
Also, there are a lot of fights between the
people in the story, and Conrad gets drunk
and stays in his room a lot.
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ONE
1
2
3
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY
1 When Steven leaves the beach house, he is
sad and worried.
2 Belly wears jeans and a top to the party.
3 Conrad does not hurt Belly when he
holds her arm.
4 Belly gives Cam her phone number. /
Cam gives Belly his sweater.
5 Belly thinks that it was the best night of
her life.
1 Belly was talking to Cam on the phone.
2 Susannah and Laurel were taking trips to
museums and to the mall.
3 Cam was kissing Belly on the stairs.
4 Conrad was fighting a huge guy.
1 b 2 e 3 d 4 a 5 c
1 a 2 c 3 b 4 e 5 d
1 c 2 f 3 a 4 d 5 b 6 e
1 false 2 false
3 true 4 false
5 false
Project work
1–4 Reader’s own answers.
5 a Jenny Han was born September 3rd
1980 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
b The titles are It’s Not Summer Without You
and We’ll Always Have Summer.
c Jenny Han wrote Shug in 2006 when she
was still in college.
CHAPTER FOUR
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5
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7
8
9
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTERS EIGHT AND NINE
CHAPTER TEN
