X by Lois Gould
Create your own groups and answer the following questions in full sentences:
1. Why did the scientists name the new baby "X"?
2. Why were so many people turned down as possible parents for baby X?
3. How did people react to baby X? Give specific examples from the text; in other words, quotes (WITH in-text citations).
4. Why were the Joneses especially worried about X starting school?
5. Eventually, the other children began to act more like X. Why? Provide two examples from the story; quotes with in-text citations.
6. Why were most of the other parents upset by the way their children were acting after coming into contact with X?
7. Why do X's parents read him/her stories such as "Sleeping Handsome"?
8. Explain what the children mean when they say, "by the time it matters which sex X is, it won't be a secret anymore" (Gould 6).