Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Part 1, Chapter 1-Snapshot

Reading Check

1. What is Alyssa’s younger brother’s name?

2. What word does Kelton’s father use to label people like their family, who can navigate between “sheep” and “wolves”?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How is Kelton’s family’s situation different from most people’s in Alyssa’s neighborhood?

2. How does the government respond to the water crisis in California?

Part 1, Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. What is Kelton’s motive for helping Alyssa’s family?

2. What is Kelton’s brother’s name?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why does Garrett run away in Chapter 5?

2. What happens when a neighbor comes to Kelton’s house asking for water in Chapter 6?

Paired Resource

Run Dry

• This digital media project by Kristine Diekman uses text, video, and images to convey key ideas from Diekman’s film of the same name.
• This resource relates to themes of Dehydration and Desperation and Being Prepared for Disaster.
• What key ideas does Diekman’s project try to communicate about water scarcity in the Central Valley? How are the situations of the ordinary people in this project similar to and different from the situations of the characters in Dry? How might factors like wealth, class, and education impact people’s ability to prepare for disasters like water shortages? Does Kelton’s family seem aware of their privilege?