ANSWERS+Catalyst

==1. **Why is it so important for Kate to be accepted to MIT?   **  ==


  It was important for Kate to be accepted to MIT because her mother went to that school; and her mother passed away, and it was her dream since she was a little girl to go to MIT. She would also brag to other students about how she was obviously going to get into MIT. Everyone else around her got into great schools like Harvard, so she felt that she also had to get into college or else she would be a failure.    <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">    <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">2. Why didn't she apply to any other schools? **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Kate didn’t apply to any other schools because she thought that she would get into MIT with no problem. Kate didn’t think that that school would reject her because she had good grades and she was involved in school. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">3. What does Kate do when she can't sleep? <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  ** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">When Kate can not sleep, she goes outside and runs. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">4. Why does she refer to herself as good kate and bad kate? **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> Kate refers to herself as good kate when she is sticking to her plans and whenever she gets off course, she refers herself as bad kate. **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">5. How is Kate's family life different from those around her? ** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Kate's family life is different than others because her mother is dead and her father is the Reverend. Her brother is also asthmatic. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">6. What could her father do to help her? **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> Her father could have been more supportive and cared more. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">**7. Why does Kate have to care for her brother, how does this affect their relationship?** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">   <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kate has to care for her brother because, since her mother died, Kate feels as if she needs to play the motherly role. This effects their relationship because her brother looks up to her and he appreciates her for everything she does for him. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">8. How do Kate's opinions change throughout the book? **<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> Kate changes her thoughts and opinions about Teri. In the beginning of the book, Kate hated her. Towards the end of the novel, Kate saw the real Teri, and realized she was really a good person. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">9. Who does Kate love most in the world? ** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Her mother. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> **10.When does her opinion of Teri start to change?**   <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">   <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Kate’s opinion of Terri starts to change a couple days after Teri’s house burnt down. When Teri and Mikey start to live with Kate and her family, Kate realizes that Teri is not that bad of a person and that she has to live with difficult things that had happened to her. <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">   <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">**11. What does Kate end up doing about college?** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">   <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">She ends up taking a year off from schooling and spending her time helping Teri. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">