1.Melody and her mother went to the doctor's office so that Melody can take a test so that they can diagnose if she is mentally ill. Melody failed the test only because she answered the inner meaning of it. The doctor didn't have any sympathy and just blurted out his thoughts about Melody in an unkind way. "But this conversation was really awful. He didn't even try to soften the news for my mom, who, I'm sure, felt like she got hit by a truck. He began by clearing his Throat. ' Mrs. Brooks?' he then said, 'it is in my opinion that Melody is severely brain-damaged and profoundly retarded.'" (Draper 22)
2.Melody was enrolled for Spaulding Elementary School when she was five years old. "'I'm taking you right now and enrolling you at Spaulding Elementary School,' she announced with determination as we headed back to the car. ' Let's get busy!'" (Draper 26)
3.Melody got a puppy, Butterscotch for her eighth birthday. "But on my eighth birthday my father brought a big box into the house. He seemed to have trouble holding on to it. When he set it on the floor in front of me, out exploded a flash of wriggling gold fun. A puppy! A golden retriever puppy!" Draper 64-65)
4.Melody's sister, Penny was born healthy when she was eight. "But Penny was born perfect and copper-bright, just like her name. From the minute she came home from the hospital, she was a really happy baby." (Draper 76)
5.When Melody was ten, she received her Medi Talker, which helps her communicate. "I push another button, and a voice that sounds like an Englishman with a really bad head cold blurts out, 'Welcome to Medi-Talker!'"
6. Melody took a very challenging test to get into a competition against other schools, she passed. "'When Melody Brooks took that little practice quiz last week, I thought it was a lucky accident that she did so well. But yesterday, Melody blew us all away. She got every single question right.'" (Draper 190)
2.Melody was enrolled for Spaulding Elementary School when she was five years old. "'I'm taking you right now and enrolling you at Spaulding Elementary School,' she announced with determination as we headed back to the car. ' Let's get busy!'" (Draper 26)
3.Melody got a puppy, Butterscotch for her eighth birthday. "But on my eighth birthday my father brought a big box into the house. He seemed to have trouble holding on to it. When he set it on the floor in front of me, out exploded a flash of wriggling gold fun. A puppy! A golden retriever puppy!" Draper 64-65)
4.Melody's sister, Penny was born healthy when she was eight. "But Penny was born perfect and copper-bright, just like her name. From the minute she came home from the hospital, she was a really happy baby." (Draper 76)
5.When Melody was ten, she received her Medi Talker, which helps her communicate. "I push another button, and a voice that sounds like an Englishman with a really bad head cold blurts out, 'Welcome to Medi-Talker!'"
6. Melody took a very challenging test to get into a competition against other schools, she passed. "'When Melody Brooks took that little practice quiz last week, I thought it was a lucky accident that she did so well. But yesterday, Melody blew us all away. She got every single question right.'" (Draper 190)
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