Early on, Nadia hid her sketchbook under her jacket whenever anyone walked past. After Mr. Ruiz pinned one drawing on the hallway board, she left the book open on her desk all week. How does Nadia change between these two episodes?

Tomas joined the relay team only because his cousin dared him. After Coach Hale timed him at the first practice, he began running the harbor road before school without being asked. Which change does the excerpt show?

Rina left the gate latch open while chasing her hat. By evening the goats stood in the neighbor's garden, and the next morning Rina rebuilt the fence her grandfather had trusted her to watch. Which event triggers the fence-rebuilding episode?

Chapter 3: Owen refuses to read his poem aloud. Chapter 4: the power fails and the room goes dark. Chapter 5: Owen recites the poem from memory, since no one can see him. What does the Chapter 4 episode contribute to the story?

In the first scene Priya moves her bag onto the empty chair so the new student cannot sit down. Three weeks later she saves him that seat and asks about his old school. Which change does the excerpt show?

In Chapter 1, Malik brags that he needs no map of the gray cliffs. In Chapter 6, after a night lost above the harbor, he draws his own map and checks it twice. How does Malik change between these chapters?

Dae-sun sold his bicycle to pay the entry fee. When the race was canceled, he walked eleven miles to the next town and asked the organizer for a refund in person. What does his response to the cancellation reveal?

At the start, Ines answered every question for her younger brother before he could speak. By the last chapter she waits, hands folded, while he orders his own lunch. Which shift does the pair of episodes show?

Jonah hid the broken lantern in the shed and said nothing. A week later, when his sister was blamed, he set the pieces on the kitchen table and told his father everything. Which episode causes Jonah's confession?

Scene 1: Amara turns down a seat in the boat, saying she prefers the shore. Scene 5: she rows out alone at dawn to reach the sandbar. Where does Scene 5 sit in the story's movement?

Coach Adeyemi cut Yusuf from the starting five. Yusuf slammed his locker, sat out two practices, then arrived early on the third day to shoot free throws alone. How does Yusuf's response change across those episodes?

Chapter 2 ends with a gray envelope slid under the door. Chapter 3 opens with Bea packing a bag she swore she would never touch again. What does the envelope episode contribute to the plot?

Otto refused every offer of help with the greenhouse, saying he worked faster alone. After the hailstorm shattered the roof, he knocked on four doors before noon and asked each neighbor to bring a ladder. What has changed?

Lark kept her grandmother's letters unopened in a tin for two years. On the night the river rose, she carried the tin to the roof, opened every letter, and read until morning. What does this response reveal about Lark?

Episode 1: Kofi laughs off the missing tools. Episode 2: the shed lock is cut. Episode 3: Kofi installs a camera and counts the tools every night. Which episode turns Kofi's easy attitude into watchfulness?

For six chapters Sana repeated that the old theater was worth nothing. In the seventh she stood in the lobby asking every visitor to sign her petition to keep it open. Which change does the seventh chapter complete?

Milo told the new coach he had quit swimming for good. Two chapters later he was timing other swimmers from the deck, stopwatch in hand, every afternoon. Which statement best describes the movement between these episodes?

Elena tore up the audition list on Monday. On Tuesday her neighbor left a recording of Elena singing at age seven on the porch. On Wednesday Elena taped the list back together. What does the Tuesday episode do?

Early in the story Teo counted every favor his aunt did for him as a debt he hated owing. At the harvest he handed her the first basket and said, plainly, thank you. Which change does the excerpt show?

Chapters 1 through 4 follow Wren avoiding the flooded road. Chapter 5 has her wading it with the mail sack over her head. Chapter 6 shows the town reading letters at last. Where does Chapter 5 sit in the plot?