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3 Patricia McCormick quizzes and 30 Patricia McCormick trivia questions.
1.
  Patricia McCormick's "Cut"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Cut" was a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. It provides a rare insight into the mind of a teenager coping with problems in her life.
Average, 10 Qns, collies_4_me, Nov 08 08
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  "Cut" Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
An easy quiz about the book "Cut" by Patricia McCormick. I thought this book was amazing. If you read it, you should have no problem answering these questions.
Average, 10 Qns, ltsgoutnbrdwy, Jul 05 08
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  'Cut' By Patricia McCormick    
Multiple Choice
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This was an incredible book that I enjoyed greatly. Hope you like my quiz!
Average, 10 Qns, MyNameIsJennifer, Jul 05 08
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trivia question Quick Question
What is the last weight we hear Tara was at?

From Quiz ""Cut" Trivia"




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  Young Adult Fiction [Literature] (30 quizzes)


Patricia McCormick Trivia Questions
1. What problem did Becca have?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: She was anorexic and bulemic.

Callie discovers that Becca still has these problems when she catches her slipping food into a napkin then throwing it away, and when she sees her in the bathroom.

2. What was Callie's nickname at Sea Pines?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: Silent Treatment

During her time there, she didn't talk until later.

3. The girls called their treatment center "Sick Minds." What was the real name of it?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: Sea Pines

Sydney gave it this nickname - she gives everything a nickname.

4. Why did Callie's family's insurance not pay for her treatment at Sea Pines?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: It was "self-inflicted".

When Callie's mother came to visit, she told Callie that their insurance was no longer paying for her treatment at Sea Pines because her problem was "self-inflicted."

5. What was Callie's brother's name?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: Sam

Sam collects hockey cards and gave his favorite one to Callie when she was at Sea Pines.

6. Who is Callie's roomate?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: Sydney

Sydney was one of the "substance abuse" guests - who "says she's addicted to every drug she's ever tried."

7. What nickname did Sydney give to Sea Pines?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: Sick Minds

Sydney gives nicknames to many things, including Callie ("S.T." for "silent treatment"). When Callie's father learns this, he laughs.

8. Who is the other girl who cuts herself?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: Amanda

Callie doesn't like Amanda at first because she has the same problem and showed everyone her scars.

9. Why was Tara at the facility?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: She was anorexic

All throughout the book she is referred to as the girl with the bald spot who has to wear a baseball cap to cover it.

10. What did Amanda ask Callie that surprised her?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: "What do you use?"

When Amanda and Callie are in the recreational room, Amanda shocks Callie by asking her this question, and offering her a staple that she found.

11. At the beginning of the book, how many girls were Level 3's in their group?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: one

Debbie was the only Level 3 at the beginning, but two more joined her at the end of the story.

12. What color eyes does Callie's therapist have?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: amber

Pg 56: "I check your amber cat eyes for signs of impatience, but you don't seem mad. Just curious"

13. Why did Tara wear a baseball cap all the time?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: She had lost some hair from lack of nourishment.

Tara was anorexic, and because of lack of nourishment her hair began to fall out. She wore a baseball cap all the time to cover the bald spot on the back of her head.

14. What is the last weight we hear Tara was at?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: 99

Page 144: "'That's great', I say, thinking about how happy we all were when Tara weighed in at 99 last week." Tara is the only one of the two anorexic girls (along with Becca) who gets better.

15. Why does Tiffany carry a purse all the time?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: It holds her old baby blanket.

When Tiffany is leaving Sea Pines, one of the girls asks her why she carries her purse with her all the time. After having them promise not to tell, she shows the other girls her baby blanket.

16. What did Callie use the first time she cut herself?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: An exacto knife

She was running and went home and saw the knife. She then cut herself.

17. Where did Callie end up when she ran away?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: Dunkin Donuts

She ends up there after running out to her old neighborhood. There is a Dairy Queen and a Burger King, but in the phone call to her father, he tells her to go to the Dunkin' Donuts. "The Dunkin' Donuts is warm and bright; two men in coveralls are the only customers."

18. What kind of shot do Amanda and Callie have to get several times throughout the book?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: Tetanus

Amanda and Callie sometimes have to get tetanus shots to prevent tetanus, or "lockjaw" from setting in after they cut themselves.

19. Who discovered Callie was cutting herself?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: the school nurse's substitute

Callie wasn't feeling well so she went to the nurse's office. After taking her pulse, Miss Magee saw the cuts.

20. How does Peggy know that Callie ran away?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: She has no coat

Peggy is the waitress at the Dunkin' Donuts. She seems to know her stuff about kids. "She tips her chin up. 'No coat. It's a little cold out there to be going around without a coat.'"

21. Why did Callie's mother put suction cups on the back of the decoration she made for her?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: Thumb tacks were not allowed.

With the note sent with the wall decoration, Callie's mother explains that, although Sea Pines would not allow thumb tacks, suction cups were okay.

22. What does Callie's little brother have that makes him sick all the time?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: asthma

He was with Callie when he got sick the first time. She had to take care of him.

23. Who is the new girl?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: Amanda

"The new girl says her name so quickly I can't tell if it's Amanda or Manda." She finds out it's Amanda, who is at Sea Pines because she carves (another form of cutting yourself.)

24. What quiz show were the girls watching when Callie got an answer right?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: Jeopardy

When none of the other girls know the answer for the "Daily Double" question, Callie surprises the others by speaking aloud and saying the answer.

25. Where did Callie go when she ran away from Sea Pines?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: Dunkin' Donuts

Peggy gave her a doughnut and hot chocolate "on the house" because she could tell Callie was a run away.

26. How long is Callie in her therapy sessions?

From Quiz "Cut" Trivia

Answer: 1 hour

In the book it says: "After a while, I hear your dead-cow chair groan. You sigh. "OK," you say. "That's all for today." The clock says we still have fifty minutes left. But you've already capped your pen and closed your notebook." Sydney then wanders to the bathroom for five minutes, then returns to find out that: "Forty-five minutes is a long time." She doesn't speak in therapy for almost half the book - she doesn't talk to anyone at all. Sydney gives her the nickname S.T. - for Silent Treatment.

27. When Callie ran away from Sea Pines, how did she contact her father?

From Quiz Patricia McCormick's "Cut"

Answer: calling collect on a pay phone

Callie called her father on a pay phone outside the Dunkin' Donuts shop, and he came to pick her up. Afterwards, she made the decision to return to Sea Pines and resume her treatment to get better.

28. None of the girls know why they call the place 'Sea Pines' because it has no sea and no pines until Callie discovers Sea Pines actually has what?

From Quiz 'Cut' By Patricia McCormick

Answer: pines

She discovers this while running away from Sea Pines. I hope you enjoyed my quiz, thanks for taking it!

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