Q 01/05

In Out of My Mind, which condition has kept Melody Brooks from ever walking or speaking a word?

A) Muscular dystrophy

B) Cerebral palsy

C) Spina bifida

D) Multiple sclerosis

Answer · why

B) Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy stiffens Melody's body but leaves her mind razor sharp, which is why doctors and teachers keep underestimating her.

Q 02/05

In the 2024 film of Out of My Mind, which actress voices the inner thoughts Melody cannot speak?

A) Courteney Cox

B) Lisa Kudrow

C) Jennifer Aniston

D) Reese Witherspoon

Answer · why

C) Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston voices Melody's thoughts because the film's Melody adores the sitcom Friends, and Melody thanks the actress in the credits for the lo...

Q 03/05

In Out of My Mind, what name does Melody give her talking computer, borrowed from her favorite song?

A) Jolene

B) Roxanne

C) Delilah

D) Elvira

Answer · why

D) Elvira

Elvira is the radio hit that a much younger Melody once tried to get her mother to replay, twitching and pointing with no way of making herself unders...

Q 04/05

In Out of My Mind, which famous figure does Melody Brooks choose for her biography project?

A) Stephen Hawking

B) Helen Keller

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Louis Braille

Answer · why

A) Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking fascinates Melody because he too used a wheelchair and spoke through a machine, and she wonders how he managed everyday things like ra...

Q 05/05

In Out of My Mind, why does Melody Brooks never reach the Whiz Kids national finals with her team?

A) She fails the final test

B) Her wheelchair breaks down

C) She catches the flu

D) Her flight is canceled

Answer · why

D) Her flight is canceled

Her flight is canceled by a late-winter snowstorm, and the real sting follows: her teammates had already switched to an earlier plane after breakfast,...