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Book Club Questions
Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Chapter 1 (Page 1-14)
How old is the main character when the book opens (page 1)?
Why is the main character referred to as "Four-Girl" (page 3)?
What is Four-Girl's earliest memory? (page 4)?
What does Four-Girl's grandfather call her? (page 8)?
Why does Four-Girl embrace the raccoon? (page 12)?
Chapter 2 (Page 15 - 44)
What animal comes to warn Four-Girl about the acupuncturist? (page 19)
What does Four-Girl switch the coins out with? (page 27)
Who does Four-Girl ask the acupuncturist to tell her more about? (page 32)
Why does Four-Girl return to the acupuncturist? (page 37)
What happens to Four-Girl's grandfather after she puts a hex on him? (page 42)
Chapter 3 (Page 45 - 78)
What does Four-Girl want the Old Raccoon to help her undo? (page 48)
What does Four-Girl end up eating? (page 50)
Who does Father Bey say the spirit who visited Four-Girl was? What does he think she wants her to do? (page 53)
Why does Four-Girl want to find Old Raccoon's remains? (page 55)
Four-Girl says that the man next to Joan, had skin that "looked like paper," what literary device is this an example of? (page 56)
What does Dr. Won tell Four-Girl she will receive once she is baptized? (page 62)
What is Four-Girl's new name? (page 68)
Who does Four-Girl ask to let her travel with them? (page 77)
Chapter 4 (Page 79 - 104)
How old is Vibiana (Four-Girl) at the beginning of the chapter? (page 79)
Where does Vibiana work at after they reach the village? (page 88)
Joan says that God's voices "is like a fluttering in your heart?" What literary device is this and example of?
What does Joan say when Vibiana asks if she can go with her? (page 91)
What does Kong tell Vibiana he was doing before he became a seminarian? (page 93)
What did Yu do to Kong's face? Why did he do this? (page 95)
What does Vibiana tell Kong that God wants him to do? (page 96)
What does Vibiana say when Kong says he wants to marry her? what does she want Kong to train her to be? (page 102-103)
Chapter 5 (Page 105 - 132)
How old is Vibiana at the beginning of Chapter 5? (page 105)
What country is Joan fighting against? (page 108)
What does Father Bey tell Vibiana about Dr. Won? (page 122)
What group does Vibiana find out her cousin joined? (page 127)
Who does Vibiana wait for, but she never shows? (page 129)
Chapter 6 (Page 133-162)
What is Dr. Won doing when Vibian walks in on him and his wife? (page 137)
What happens to Kong (page 146)
What does Vibian find out happened to Joan? (page 153)
Who kills Vibiana? (page 162)
Epilogue (Page 163-17)
What does Bao do in order to save his life? (page 169)
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
Chapter 1
1. Where does the book open? What year is it? What season is it?
2. When do the fairs stop?
3. What does “the cheat” do to the old woman in the market? How does Little Bao’s father respond?
4. Why does Bao’s father not put his hands on the priest? What does the priest do with the statue of Tu Di Gong?
5. What do the foreign soldiers do to Bao’s father?
Chapter 2
6. What year is it in chapter 2?
7. What does Red Lantern Chu do to Grandma Crooked?
8. What does Red Lantern teach the men in the village?
9. What does Little Bao's dad beg him not to do?
10. What does Red Lantern Chu secretly give Little Bao wrapped in a rock?
Chapter 3
11. What year is it in chapter 3?
12. Who does Little Bao walk up the mountain everyday to visit? What is he made to do?
13. What has happened in the village since Red Lantern left?
14. Why does Master Big Belly tell Little Bao to get off his mountain?
15. What does Little Bao find out happened to Red Lantern Chu?
16. What is Master Big Belly's stomach actually full of?
17. What does Little Bao do to the imperial soldiers who were about to execute his brothers?
Chapter 4
18. What year is it in chapter 4 (p. 121)?
19. What happens after Little Bao and his brothers swallow the ashes of charms?
20. What god does Big Brother Guan Yu change into? What does Chao Sun-sun turn into?
21. What is the name of Little Bao's group?
22. What are the names of the girls who offer Little Bao and his men a place to stay?
23. What does Little Bao dream about first?
24. What does Little Bao tell Mei-wen she needs to do?
Chapter 5 - Part 1 (Page 175-207)
25. What year is it in chapter 5 on page 175?
26. What is the name of Little Bao’s group of men? (177)
27. What happens in front of the train? Which one of Little Bao’s men is killed? (186)
28. Whose lives does Little Bao spare amongst the “secondary devils?” (189)
29. What happens between General Tung’s Kansu Braves and Little Bao and his men? (206-207)
Chapter 5 - Part 2 (Page 208 - 234)
30. What does Little Bao say “Edict #3” is? How does Ch’in Shih-huang, the Son of Heaven, react? (209)
31. What do Little Bao and his men do when they see statues displayed by the “foreign devils?” (214-215)
32. How do the Imperial troops react when the hungry orphans walk by and see them eating? (219)
33. Who shows up to save Little Bao and his men? (231)
34. What happened to Little Bao’s brother? (234)
Chapter 5 - Part 3 (Page 235 - 250)
35. What must Little Bao discover if he wants to fight again? What does he find out it is?
36. What does Little Bao tell his second brother?
37. Why does Little Bao kill the girl on page 244?
38. What does Little Bao do to the Christians in the church?
Chapter 6 - Part 1 - P. 251-275
39. What year does Chapter 6 begin in? (P. 251)
40. What do Mei-wen and the sister disciples change their name to?
41. Where do Bao and his men arrive on pages 256-257?
42. Who is Little Bao reunited with on page 259?
43. What is the name of the prince who provides Bao's men with a place to stay on page 262?
44. Where does Mei-wen take Little Bao on page 275?
Chapter 6 - Part 2 - P. 276- End
45. What does Little Bao think Mei-wen wants to share with him? What does she actually share with him?
46. In Mei-wen's story, why is the princess banished from Hell? (Bottom of P. 279)
47. What is Guan Yin the goddess of?
48. Who does Little Bao have to protect from the foreigner? (286-287)
49. Who is Baron von Ketteler? (P. 288)
50. What new dynasty does Little Bao become the god of? (293)
51. Who does the magistrate blame for their inability to get rid of the "foreign devils?"
52. What does Mei-wen tell Little Bao she wants to do once the war is over? (P. 304)
53. What does Little Bao have his men do to the library? What happens to him and his men at the end of the story?
Merci Suarez Changes Gears
Chapter 1
What class is Merci in at the beginning of the story?
What is Merci's brother's name? What grade is he in?
Why does Edna tell Merci not to worry about how her photos will come out?
Chapter 2
4. Who is in the back of the police car?
5. Who lives in the two houses next to Merci's house?
Chapter 3
6. What has Seaward Pines Academy always reminded Merci of?
7. What is the Sunshine Buddies? Who does Merci get assigned to?
Chapter 4
8. Who will be walking the twins to and from school?
9. What does Merci say she will not be able to do once soccer season starts?
10. What state is Michael Clark from?
11. How much does Lolo agree to pay Merci to paint the bathrooms?
Chapter 5
12. Who is Jake Rodrigo?
13. What is the name of Merci and Edna's social studies teacher?
14. What role is Merci given in the group project?
15. What does Edna want to make the map out of? What does Merci want to make the map out of?
16. What team does Merci's father occasionally let her play on?
17. Why does Merci tell Michael he doesnt need a "sunshine buddy?"
Chapter 6
18. What happens to Merci’s grandfather, Lolo, as they are riding their bikes home from El Caribe?
19. Why does Lolo not want Merci to tell the family, especially Abuela, about what happened on the bike ride? Why does Merci feel uncomfortable about this?
Chapter 7
20. How does Lolo tell Abuela he got his black eye?
21. How does Merci convince her mother to let her play in her father’s soccer game?
22. Which two players get into a collision at the soccer game?
23. Who does Merci take a picture of after the game?
Chapter 8
24. How late did Merci and her father get home from the soccer match?
25. What does Merci find out that none of the girls are trying out for?
26. What does Edna invite Michael Clark to?
27. What does Merci notice about Michael's skin?
28. Who buys everyone treats at the ice cream shop?
Chapter 9
29. Who does Jamie ask Merci to pass a note to?
30. What is the name of the girl who threw the party that Mercy went to last year?
31. After the assembly, what does Mercy find out the note she passed said?
32. Why does Edna get mad at Merci?
33. What does Edna make fun of Merci for?
Chapter 10
34. Who is Merci surprised that Roli went to prom with?
35. What does Merci ask Roli to define for her?
36. What does Roli say you need to know to be able to read what’s really there?
Chapter 11
37. Who does Abuela tell Merci to keep an eye on?
38. What does Enrique get upset with Roli about?
Chapter 12
39. Where is the job site located?
40. Who does Merci eventually find her grandfather with?
41. What does Lolo accidentally refer to Merci as?
42. Lolo says his older brother caught a barracuda in the river. Why is this impossible?
Chapter 13
43. What does Merci tell Roli when she gets mad at him for hushing her?
44. Why won’t Merci’s mother sign her permission slip to try-out for the sixth grade soccer team?
45. Who does Abuela say she cannot manage by herself everyday?
46. What does Merci’s mother, Ana, say when Mercy says what is going on isn’t fair?
Chapter 14
47. What have the boys begun doing to the girls as a prank during lunchtime?
48. What does Merci say has to happen if she hits Michael’s pitch? What happens after she hits the pitch?
49. What does Edna tell Mr. Patchett?
Chapter 15
50. Who does Miss McDaniels have Merci draft a letter of apology to?
51. What does Miss McDaniels tell Merci she will be kicked out of if she gets in trouble again?
52. What does Merci's dad tell her when she tells him that other students do foolish things all the time?
Chapter 16
53. What incident is Abuela still annoyed by?
54. Merci says that Tia's voice is suddenly a heavy stick? What literary device is this an example of?
55. Whose glasses does Merci find in the freezer?
56. What does Merci accuse the twins of?
57. What does Merci say the twins are while she is angry?
Chapter 17
54. How long is Merci grounded for?
55. What type of project has Ms. Tannenbaum assigned the class?
56. Whose phonde does Merci find out was taken away for a week? Why was it taken away?
57. Who does Merci get a letter from?
58. Whose house does Merci go to for dinner? What game do they play?
Chapter 18
59. Who doesn't want to go to Grand's Day?
60. Who gets in between Lolo and Abuela?
61. Why does Merci want to skip school?
62. Who does Abuela tell Merci to give the envelope to?
Chapter 19
63. Where does Merci accompany her mother to?
64. How much money does Merci have saved towards her new bike?
Chapter 20
65. What holiday does the autumn festival fall on?
66. What can students do to receive extra credit from Ms. Tannenbaum?
67. What does Michael ask Merci to help him with?
68. What are the twins dressed up as?
69. Who does Abuela say has to come over for a fitting?
Chapter 21
70. Who is sick?
71. What does Merci warn Michael about Abuela?
71. How does Lolo treat Michael? What does Lolo keep repeating?
72. What does Merci make a mental note to give her grandmother later?
Chapter 22
73. What does Edna and the other girls tell Ms. Tannenbaum to try to stop Merci from partnering with Michael?
74. What grade does Merci assure Michael he will receive?
Chapter 23
75. Whose classroom does Merci leave the mask in?
76. Who is throwing a party that Merci isn't invited to?
77. What happens to the mask that Merci brought for Michael?
Chapter 24
78. Who does Merci go to for advice during lunch?
79. What does Edna say when she is asked about the mask?
Chapter 25
80. Who was Merci's sunshine buddy last year? What did she promise her?
81. What Egyptian goddess is Edna dressed as?
82. Which teacher does Merci miss?
83. What does Michael take from Merci before heading off to Edna's party?
Chapter 26
84. Who does Merci see pacing in the middle of the road?
85. What happens to the car that Roli is ?
Chapter 27
86. Where does Merci wake up at?
87. What does the nurse tell Merci?
88. What disease does Merci find out that Lolo has?
Chapter 28
89. Why is Merci still upset with the rest of her family?
90. Why does Lolo tell Merci he didn't want any of the family to tell her about his condition?
91. What does Merci throw on the ground when she is overcome with emotion?
Chapter 29
92. What happened to Edna, Michael, Jamie, and Rachel at Edna's party?
93. Who presents a greeting card to Merci in front of the whole class? Who all signed it?
94. Who is appointed head of the mummy committee? Who do they pick as their assistants?
Chapter 30
95. Who does Hannah keep looking over at while discussing the project with Merci and Lena?
96. What does Lena want to use to cast and create the mummy's form?
Chapter 31
97. Why does Merci see her babysitting duties as a blessing today?
98. Who takes a selfie with Merci?
99. Read the following line, "I click and click and capture the way we really are right now.” Explain how this is an example of alliteration.
Chapter 32
100. Whose office do Merci, Hannah, and Lena want to store all of their art supplies in? Why?
101. What is Merci told to fill out an incident report for?
102. Who says that their father is a fine art painter?
103. What happens to Edna's eyebrows?
Chapter 33
104. What does Merci pick up at the pharmacy for Edna? What is she forced to use money from?
105. According to Merci, at what rate does the average kid's hair grow?
106. Who does Merci snap a photo of running toward his grandfather?
Chapter 34
107. Who is Dr. Newman?
108. What does Edna say Merci did on purpose?
109. How does Edna react when Merci tries to slide the greeting card over to her?
110. What does Edna do after seeing the security footage of her on the day the mask was destroyed?
Chapter 35
111. Who has been expelled from the Sunshine Buddies club?
112. Who thinks that Edna is "mean and ugly?"
113. Who is Merci afraid will embarrass her when Lena and Hannah come over her house?
114. What does Lena tell Merci that her grandfather was sick with for a long time?
115. Who does Merci realize have become her true friends?
Chapter 36
116. Who does Merci realize there is something romantic going on between them?
117. Where does Edna tell Merci she will be spending winter break?
118. Where does Merci want to take students to visit as part of a new service club?
Chapter 37
119. What is taking place in 4 days?
120. What good news did Roli receive?
121. Where does Meri convince Roli to take her?
Chapter 38
122. Who does Merci think Vicente looks like?
123. What does Merci gift Lolo that will help him with his Alzheimer's?
124. What does Merci say would be just as sad as Lolo changing? (p.355)
Shadowshaper
Chapter 1
1. When Manny says, "We hate the tower," who is "we" referring to?
2. Why did Manny ask Sierra to paint a mural on the northern wall of "The Tower?"
3. What is "The Bed-Stuy Searchlight?"
4. What season is it in chapter one?
5. What happened to Papá Acevedo's painting?
Chapter 2
6. Grandpa Lazaro has barely said a word since what?
7. What does Grandpa Lazaro tell Sierra she must finish quickly?
8. Who does Lazaro tell Sierra will help her with the mural?
9. How are Bennie and Sierra's fashion styles described?
10. How does Sierra's mom act when asked if she knows about the shadowshapers? What does she say?
Chapter 3
11. Who does Sierra look for at the party?
12. What is Sierra’s policy on cute boys?
13. How does Robbie react when he realizes that Sierra is Lazaro Corona’s granddaughter?
14. Who says, “It’s begun?”
Chapter 4
15. The bluish hand that grabs Sierra is said to be "like a slab of raw meat." What literary device is this an example of?
16. What's the name of the boy sitting on the stoop who harasses Sierra on page 24?
Chapter 5
17. Who does Neville read has disappeared? What does Sierra realize after looking at the picture?
18. What does Sierra tell her father that Vernon was looking for?
19. Who does Sierra's grandfather want to know whether they are back or not?
20. What does Sierra's grandfather tell her about Lucera?
21. Who does Sierra ask Benny to research?
Chapter 6
22. What is Manny doing when Sierra gets to the junklot?
23. What does Manny say when Sierra asks about Vernon?
24. What information does Bennie give Sierra about Dr. Wick?
25. Where does Neville agree to drive Sierra?
Chapter 7
26. Where does Neville drive Sierra to?
27. What do Neville and Sierra agree to pretend that she is doing?
28. Why won’t the security guard let Sierra into the library?
Chapter 8
29. What is the name of the head anthropology archivist that Sierra meets and bonds with?
30. What rumor is Sierra told about Dr. Wick?
31. What might Dr. Wick have been “dipping” into?
32. When Sierra gets back in Neville’s car? What does he tell her was in the briefcase?
Chapter 9
33. Who does Sierra notice Dr. Wick writes about in his notes?
34. What does Robbie paint while Sierra continues to paint her dragon?
35. What does Sierra insist that Robbie tell her more about on their walk home?
Chapter 10
36. Who trained Robbie how to paint and work with spirits?
37. What happened to the murals after Lazaro had his stroke?
38. What does Robbie say when Sierra asks him if he knew Dr. Wick?
Chapter 11
39. What was the name of Sierra's grandmother who recently died?
40. Who is also smudged out on Lazaro's wall?
41. What does Lazaro tell Dr. Wick on page 71 about Lucera?
Chapter 12
42. What is the name of Sierra's brother, Juan's band?
43. Who does Sierra ask Manny about?
44. What does Sierra begin to worry about while getting ready to meet Robbie?
Chapter 13
45. What does Sierra go to Bennie’s house for?
46. Who does Sierra find Bennie hanging out with?
47. What does Bennie warn Sierra not to talk about too much on her date with Robbie?
Chapter 14
48. What does Robbie as Sierra not to freak out about?
49. What does Sierra see the skeleton do in Robbies mural?
50. What does Robbie ask Sierra to do?
Chapter 15
51. Who cuts into dance with Sierra?
52. What happens when Sierra and Robbie go outside to get some air?
Chapter 16
53. Who traps Sierra and Robbie so they cant run?
54. Read the following line, A massive shadow merges, “its shimmering darkness” churning “endlessly like black lava.” What literary device is this an example of?
55. What does the shadow creature ask Sierra?
Chapter 17
56. What does Sierra see when she wakes up disoriented on the street?
57. Who shows up on their bike? Who does he say sent him?
58. Where did the spirits bring Grandpa Lazaro from to New York?
Chapter 18
59. What does Sierra ask her grandfather while he is asleep?
60. What does Juan say he was in the middle of when the spirits asked him to help Sierra?
61. Who does Sierra find out Wick planned on confronting about finding Lucera? What does she notice about the date of this journal entry?
Chapter 19
62. Who does Sierra wonder if she can trust?
63. What does Sierra ask Robbie to see?
64. What is the name of the hooded creatures that saved Sierra from the throng haint?
65. What does Sierra ask Robbie to make her? What does Robbie tell her?
Chapter 20
66. What does Robbie teach Sierra while they are in Prospect Park?
67. According to Robbie, what are the two main points of shadowshaping?
68. What does Robbie tell Sierra it is time to practice before he disappears?
Chapter 21
69. After Robbie disappears, what does Sierra use the chalk to do?
70. What does Robbie send towards Sierra in the forest? How does Sierra respond?
Chapter 22
71. What does Sierra dream of?
72. Who does Sierra hear cackling downstairs?
73. Why does Sierra snap at Rosa?
74. What does Sierra accuse Maria and Rosa of being ashamed of?
Chapter 23
75. What does Nydia tell Sierra about the Sorrows?
76. Who invites Sierra to go to the coffee shop?
Chapter 24
77. How does Sierra feel about her iced tea?
78. What does Jerome assume about Tee?
79. Whose paper, Searchlight, didn't come out?
Chapter 25
80. What does Bennie notice about her brother Vincent's mural?
81. Whose dead body Sierra trip over?
Chapter 26
82. What does the EMT tell Bennie when he asks what happened?
83. Who does Sierra worry will send another corpuscule after her?
84. Who does Sierra realize will probably be the next target?
Chapter 27
85. Whose band is playing at the club El Mar?
86. What is the name of the lead singer of the band?
87. What does "mujeras solitarias" mean?
88. Who starts a fight at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 28
89. Why did Tee punch somebody in the face?
90. Where does Juan say he got the lyrics from?
91. What does Sierra realize lonely women dance in front of?
92. What does Sierra realize the poem is talking about?
Chapter 29
93. Where are Juan and Sierra waiting on the train to take them to?
94. Who persuades Sierra to tell the others about shadowshaping?
95. What does Sierra tell Izzy to do if she doesn't believe her?
96. What does Tee realize part of the poem might suggest they're heading for?
Chapter 30
97. While at the boardwalk, what does Sierra feel drawn to?
98. At first, what does Sierra assume the shapes on the beach are?
99. What does Robbie use to help rescue Juan?
Chapter 31
100. Why is Sierra having trouble leaving Manny behind even though he is possessed?
101. What does Manny morph into?
Chapter 32
102. What emerges from the water and grips Sierra's hand?
103. Who does Sierra realize Lucera is?
104. Who does Sierra want to help her fight Wick?
105. What does Sierra realize she is in line to become next?
Chapter 33
106. Who does Sierra want to find so she can kiss him?
107. Who does Sierra find out was taken by the corpuscules?
Chapter 34
108. What do Sierra and Juan try to figure out when they get back to the house?
109. Who confronts Sierra and asks her if she's been taking drugs?
110. Who does Sierra ask to drive her uptown again?
Chapter 35
111. What does Nydia give Sierra so she can get in the library?
112. What does Sierra accuse Nydia of?
113. Where does Sierra ask Nydia to take her?
Chapter 36
114. What type of weapon does Neville give Sierra?
115. What do the Sorrows tell Sierra about Wick?
116. Where do the Sorrows say Wick is?
Chapter 37
117. Who does Sierra arrive at the Tower with?
118. Who does Bennie show up with to help with the fight?
119. How does Sierra figure out she can re-kill the corpuscules?
120. What does Juan realize about one of the corpuscules that he kills?
Chapter 38
121. What type of creatures surround Sierra, and start searing her with their painful touches?
122. Who do Juan and Bennie tell Sierra to go find?
Chapter 39
123. What does Sierra immediately feel the presence of on the fifth floor?
124. What has Wick been forcing Robbie to do?
125. What is Wick doing on the roof?
Chapter 40
126. Who does Robbie tell Sierra the chalk won't stand up against?
127. What does Sierra draw with the chalk?
128. What do Sierra and Robbie plan to make their own army out of?
Chapter 41
129. Whose spirit does Sierra put into her dragon?
130. What does Wick try to convince Sierra?
Chapter 42
131. Who claims they started out innocently just waning to spread knowledge about the shadowshapers?
132. What does Sierra allow to enter Wick's body?
133. Who joins Maria in painting new murals?
Epilogue
131. Where do Robbie and Sierra dress up to go to?
132. Who does Sierra pay tribute to?
133. Who does Bennie pay tribute to?
134. Who does Robbie pay tribute to?
135. What does Sierra give her loved ones the ability to do?
Slam
Chapter 1
1. How tall is the narrator of the story? What is the narrator's nickname? Why does the principal say Slam may not be able to play basketball this season?
2. What is Slam's real name? What is Slam's brother's name? How old is Slam's brother?
3. What is the name of Slam's current high school? What is the name of his former high school?
4. What does Slam's mom say he needs to choose between?
5. What position does the coach want Slam to play at try-outs? How does Slam respond? Who does Ducky say is the best player on the team besides Slam?
Chapter 2
6. Whose locker is next to Slam's?
7. How many losing seasons has Latimer had in a row?
8. Who does Slam consider to be like a big brother to him?
9. Why does Slam say the kids liked beepers?
10. What does Mtisha tell Slam about Ice? What is Ice's real name? How did he get the name Ice?
Chapter 3
11. Why doesn't Slam like hospitals?
12. What is Slam's new assignment at school?
13. What does Slam's mother say is wrong with his grandmother?
Chapter 4
14. Why does Slam say Ducky plays guard? What is Ducky's main problem?
15. What does Karen want Slam to do for her after school the next day?
16. What does Slam feel like he would be giving up if he went back to playing with the team?
Chapter 5
17. What is the name of Slam's history teacher?
18. What does Mr. Tate want Richie Randall to do for Slam?
19. What happened to Slam's dad again?
20. Who does Slam's team play during the first game of the season?
21. What is Slam the first person to do in the game against Regis?
Chapter 6
22. After Slam enters the game, what is Latimer able to cut Regis's lead to?
23. How much does Latimer end up winning the game by?
24. Where does Kicky tell Slam that Ice got the car?
25. What does Slam compare the feel of the ball to?
26. Why does Ducky tell Slam that he doesn't think he will be playing anymore?
27. Who told Nick to ask Slam to play one-on-one?
28. What does Jimmy tell Slam he shouldn't do in practice?
Chapter 7
29. What does Slam's mother want his brother to do before they visit grandma in the hospital?
30. Who shows up at Slam's door?
31. Why is Mtisha upset with Slam?
32. What happens when Slam tries to call Mtisha's house?
Chapter 8
33. What 2 things does Slam spend the weekend doing?
34. How did Trip's father lose his eyesight?
35. What is the name of the team from St. Peter's that Latimer plays?
Chapter 9
36. What is the score at halftime?
37. Whose jaw does Slam threaten to break?
38. Who ends up winning the game between Latimer and St. Peter's?
39. Who does Slam tell he loves over the phone?
Chapter 10
40. Who is sitting on Slam's bed when he wakes up?
41. What is Slam's father upset about in the morning?
42. What does Mtisha offer to help Slam with?
43. What can Slam tell that Ice has been doing?
Chapter 11
44. Who comes over and sits next to Slam in the lunchroom?
45. Who tells Slam he wants to quit the team?
46. Who loses the video camera?
47. Who does Slam call after visiting his grandma?
Chapter 12
53. (151) Why does Slam like riding buses to games?
54. (152) Why is Nick worried about having a good game against Trinity?
55. (154) Who does Slam's coach say he will guarding from Trinity
56. (160) What is Brothers doing every time Slam looks over at him during the game?
57. (164 - 165) Who ends up winning the game between Latimer and Trinity?
Chapter 13
58. (166) Why does the coach say that Latimer still has a chance to win the championship?
59. (167-168) What does the little boy, Donnie, tell Slam about his father?
60. (174) What does Ducky tell Slam about his parents?
61. (177) What does Slam ask Goldy after Slam finds out Nick was recruited by Brown?
Chapter 14
62. (179) What happened to the building that Ice lived in?
63. (179) What happened to Ice's father?
64. (181) Who is Willie King? What did Slam hear had supposedly happened to him in prison?
65. (184) What does Slam say about how Ice is dressed?
66. (188) What does Slam's mom want to get for her bedroom?
67. (190) What was Mtisha able to find for Slam?
Chapter 15
68. (191) Who brought the camera into Carl's store?
69. (194) At the end of the first half, what was the score between Carver and Trinity?
70. (197) What does Slam think is on Mtisha's mind after he drops her off?
Chapter 16
71. (198) Who does Slam show the camera to when he gets home?
72. (199) What test does Mr. Tate pass the scores out from in Slam's classroom?
73. (202) What causes Slam to leave the warm-up before the game against Hunter?
74. (209) Who wins the game between Latimer and Hunter?
75. (210) Who does Slam say is becoming easier to hang out with than Ice?
Chapter 17
76. (211) Who got out of the hospital?
77. (213) Who is Slam about to punch before Karen stops him?
78. (220) Who stands up for Slam against Mr. Greene?
79. (224) What does Slam have to do for his assignment in Mr. Parrish's class?
Chapter 18
80. (226) What is the name of the librarian that Slam is talking to?
81. (229) Who does Slam draw a portrait of in art class?
82. (232) Who does Goldy tell Slam called and asked for copies of the tape from the game against Carver?
Chapter 19
83. (233) Who is Slam talking to from Carver before the game?
84. (239) What is the score of the Carver vs. Latimer game at halftime?
85. (240) Who does Carver's center grab by the throat?
86. (247) Who makes the game winning shot against Carver?
87. (248) Who pours a soda on Slam's head after the game?
Chapter 20
88. (249) Why wasn't Slam's mom at the game?
89. (253) What's the name of the bouncer watching the door at Slam's party?
90. (256-257) What does Slam witness Ice do on top of the roof?
Chapter 21
91. (261) Who tells Slam he is proud of him while he's at school?
92. (266) Who finally starts calling Greg "Slam"?
Booked
Day 1: Page 1-30
Where is there an example of onomatopoeia on the first page?
What is the name of the main character’s (Nick’s) friend who he plays XBox with?
What does Nick’s dad do for a job?
What did the main character’s mom used to do?
What’s the name of the girl that Nick has a crush on?
Day 2: Page 31-59
What is the name of the tournament that Nick's team has been invited to?
What country is Coby's family from?
After finishing Huckleberry Finn, what book does Ms. Hardwick say the class will read next?
How much money does Nick ask his mom for to go to the Dallas Cup?
What do Nick's parents tell them they have decided to do?
Day 3: Page 60-94
What state is Nick's mom moving to?
What did Ms. Harwick tell Nick's mom he's been doing in class?
Where is there an example of a simile on page 88?
What is Nick's other favorite sport?
What does Nick's dad say he has to do before he can go over Coby's house?
Day 4: Page 92-112
What does Nick's dad tell him that he needs to do before he can play anymore soccer?
Who does Nick get to finally dance with at etiguette class?
What does Don Eggleston do to Nick?
What do the Egglestons do after Coby charges in to defend Nick?
What punishments are the twins, Coby, and Nick given for the fight?
What famous Martin Luther King speech does the school watch a recording of?
Why did Nick think he would win his fight when he was in grade school?
Day 5: Page 114 - 172
Who does Nick write a love poem about during English class?
What does “limerence” mean?
What does Nick apologize to Coby for?
Who steals Nick’s bike?
What do Nick’s parents prevent him from playing in?
Who do Nick’s parents take him to see?
What does Nick ask his parents about their divorce?
Who does Nick find out the librarian, Mr. MacDonald, is dating?
Day 6: Page 173-234
What happens to Nick in the soccer game against Coby’s team?
What does Nick find out when he wakes up in the hospital?
What does Nick text Mr. MacDonald to ask for?
What does Nick start to wonder after his parents share a long hug?
Which people come to visit Nick in the hospital?
Day 7: Page 235 - 267
What does Nick believe is going to happen with his parents?
What is the name of April's book club?
Where does Nick's mom ask April to accompany Nick to?
What do Nick and April do after horseback riding?
What do Nick's parents tell him after making all his favorite foods for dinner?
Day 8: 268 - 314
Who tells Nick he should text his mom?
Who does Nick ask to a school dance?
What does April's dad do for a job?
Who is Mr. MacDonald going to move away with?
What happens at the pool party?
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Chapter 1
In the book, who explains Piddy's trouble while in the lunchroom?
Who does Piddy account her “ass shaking” to? What relation is this person to Piddy’s mother?
Chapter 2
What is the name of Piddy’s old school?
In the Book, what is the worst thing you can be to Piddy's mother as a Latina?
What does Mitzi consistently do regardless of distractions?
In the book, what did Mitzi do to Barbie and Ken, instead of making them kiss, that distinguished her from the other kids, according to Piddy?
In the book, what animal does Lila say is wild at heart?
Chapter 3
What does Piddy say her room smells like?
What does Piddy say pictures are supposed to do?
Who is Piddy looking for a picture of?
Chapter 4
Who does Piddy say are the only kids who go to school early?
Piddy says the kids who go to the library "look like zombies." What literary device is this an example of?
What book does Piddy take from the library?
What are Piddy's class projects about?
What does Rob make for his project?
Chapter 5
Who does Darlene ask Piddy if she was “crushing on?”
What is the name of the student teacher that Piddy actually has a crush on?
Describe the “Who’s Papi?” game that Piddy would play as a child.
Chapter 6
What does Yaqui throw at the wall behind Piddy and her friends’ table in the lunchroom?
Chapter 7
Piddy says her shirt “smells like baby vomit.” What literary device is this an example of?
What does Lila do to Piddy’s hair at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 8
What did Piddy’s mom dream of becoming while growing up in Cuba? Why did she stop?
What was the name of Piddy’s dad? Where was he from?
On page 55, Piddy says that her mom believes that the world has become a “tsunami of filth.” What literary device is this an example of?
What did Piddy’s mother have to enter in order to have a chance to come to the United States? (p. 56)
Why is Piddy afraid to tell her mother about Yaqui?
Chapter 9
What does Piddy need money for?
What are Piddy's job responsibilities at the salon?
Where does Piddy's mom go to get her haircut instead of the salon?
What does Piddy find out about her mom and dad from Lila?
Chapter 10
Where did Piddy go for her 8th birthday?
What does Yaqui steal from Piddy?
What does Darlene tell Piddy to do if she decides to report Yaqui?
Chapter 11
What does Darlene secretly give Piddy?
Who does Piddy pretend the man on the bus is?
Chapter 12
Why is Piddy's mother upset with her?
Piddy says her missing necklace "is like a phantom limb on a soldier." What literary device is this?
Who's apartment does Piddy go to when she leaves her mom? Who does she end up hanging out with there?
What are Joey's tattoo "tools?"
What animals is Joey hiding in the basement?
What does Joey do to Piddy?
Chapter 13
Piddy says that her head is a brick? What literary device is being used?
Who comes to visit Piddy while she is home sick?
What does Lila find on the back of Piddy's neck?
Who calls Piddy from the school? Who do they tell her got busted?
Chapter 14
Why did Yaqui get suspended?
Why does Piddy have to visit the dean of student discipline?
What does Piddy have to go to on her birthday?
Chapter 15
Whose party do Piddy and her mother go to?
Who does Piddy get to sign her detention slip?
Piddy's mother says, "these women eat like horses." What literary device is this an example of?
What does Piddy's mom find out about at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 16
Who shows up late to Piddy's detention? What does Mr. Flatwell tell this person?
Piddy says Lila started "swinging like Oscar De La Hoya." What literary device is this?
What two Halloween themed books does Piddy have the option of reading to bring up her grade in English class?
What does Mr. Flatwell say to Piddy at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 17
Whose idea does Lila say it was to pick the restaurant they are at for Piddy's birthday?
Why isn't Mitzi at dinner?
Piddy says her stomach is "growling." What literary device is this?
Why does Piddy say she feels safe when Raul is around?
Why does Raul say he became a cop?
Chapter 18
What did Ms. Shepard submit Piddy's paper to?
Who does Piddy find out took her essay down for her?
Chapter 19
What's the name of Darlene's cat? How old is she?
According to Piddy, What will happen to Darlene if they get caught cheating?
What does Piddy tell Darlene she wants to do for a job?
Chapter 20
Who's sitting on a parked car outside the hair salon?
Who does Vanesa tell Piddy wants to fight her?
Who offers to ride along with Piddy on the bus on her way back home?
Chapter 21
What is the name of Mitzi's new friend?
Mitzi says, "You looked at all the stuff in my room like you're a crime detective." What literary device is this an example of?
How does Piddy describe Mitzi's new friends?
Chapter 22
Who does Yaqui tell Piddy to keep away from?
Who is smoking a cigarette inside the house?
What does Lila tell Clara (Piddy's mom) at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 23
Piddy says, "the worry in her eyes is lye on my skin." What literary device is this?
How many views does the video of Piddy getting beat up have?
Chapter 24
Piddy lies "still as a corpse." What literary device is this an example of?
Who does Piddy go see instead of going to school?
How does Piddy think she feels after riding on the outside of train with Joey?
Chapter 25
What does Piddy say her mom would do if she knew Piddy was alone in the apartment with Joey?
What does Piddy say to Joey at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 26
Whose school does Piddy travel to instead of going to her own?
Piddy says Sophia "is sunshine herself." What literary device is this an example of?
What does Piddy find out is going to happen to Joey's family (page 189)?
What does Piddy's mom do after Piddy talks back to her and insults her? How does Piddy react to this?
Chapter 27
Piddy says, "I'm a crude thing now, a demon." What literary device is this an example of?
Who is the police officer who stops Piddy?
Who does Piddy tell herself she will never talk to again?
Chapter 28
Who does Piddys's mom tell her she wants to talk about?
What is the name of the woman who Piddy's dad was married to?
What does Piddy's mom have taped inside the top of the piano?
Chapter 29
Who found their mother beaten and bruised on the floor of their kitchen?
What does Piddy do at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 30
Why does Piddy want to go in the basement of Lila and Joey's building?
Who enters the basement while Piddy and Lila are down there?
Chapter 31
What does Piddy mean when she says, People like the Halpers are why the Ortegas moved in the first place?"
Why is Piddy's mom serving the Thanksgiving meal early?
What does Piddy pray for at the end of the chapter?
Chapter 32
What does Piddy tell Lila she will do if she drops out of high school?
Why does Lila tell Piddy that Yaqui probably doesn't like her?
Chapter 33
Piddy says it's a beehive at the salon. What literary device is this?
Who tells Piddy that they are moving to Pennsylvania and asks her to come?
What is in the envelope that Piddy gives to Joey? What else did she give him before this?
Chapter 34
Piddy says the air smells like cold metal and snow. What literary device is this?
Who does Ms. Shepard put Piddy in a group with?
Which teacher pulls Piddy out of Ms. Shepard's class?
What does SUSO stand for?
"Talking about a secret is like finding a way out of a cave." What literary device is this an example of?
Chapter 35
Who does Mr. Flatwell bring with him when he brings in Yaqui?
What does Piddy have Mr. Flatwell pull up on YouTube?
Chapter 36
What does Rob hand Piddy an application for?
Why does Rob tell Piddy he filed the anonymous SUSO report for her?
Who's house does Piddy go to? How did this person get a fat lip?
What does Joey send Piddy a picture of?
Chapter 37
Where does Piddy tell her mom to meet her?
What does Piddy show her mom after she tells her she wants to be a field vet and work with elephants? How does Piddy's mom respond?
Chapter 38
What does Piddy introduce Lila as?
Where does Mr. Flatwell tell Piddy she can transfer to?
Chapter 39
What after school club does Piddy join after returning to her old school?
Who shows up at the Salon while Piddy is working? What is in the envelope for Piddy?
How does the book end?
The Crossover
Day 1: Page 1-41
Mom compares dad to an old Chevette. What does she compare Josh to?
What was Dad's nickname as a basketball player?
Where does Josh want to go to school? Where does JB want to go to school?
What move is Josh's specialty that Dad taught him?
What move is Josh's specialty that Dad taught him?
Day 2: Pages 41-65
6. How does JB make it up to his brother for cutting his hair? What does this interaction tell you about their relationship? 7. What do the boys find out about their dad while snooping in the closet?
8. What is patella tendonitis? How did this condition affect their dad?
9. What do they do after church? Why do you think this tradition is so important to them?
10. Why are JB’s eyes “ocean wide, his mouth swimming on the floor”, on page 52?
11. Why does Josh let Vondie win the race? What does his decision have to do with “The Art of War”?
12. Why do you think the boys are worried about their dad? What do you think is wrong? Why? 5. Why did their dad say basketball was musical on page 63?
Day 3: Pages 66-85
13. What is a play-by-play? Why do you think Josh likes giving them?
14. Why does Josh have to shoot free throws each night after dinner?
15. What is their mom always focused on? Why? 4. Why is their mom so worried about their dad? How does their dad react to this worry? Why?
16. Why did they only eat salad for Thanksgiving?
17. How does Josh get into trouble during the vocabulary test?
18. Why doesn’t Josh tell his mom what really happened? What should he have done, in your opinion? Why?
19. How is Josh feeling about his brother? Why?
Day 4: Page 89-113
20. Why isn’t JB listening to Josh when he talks about basketball?
21. What analogy does their dad make on page 91? What does it mean?
22. What does Basketball Rule #5 mean?
23. Why does Josh’s mom talk to him in the kitchen? What help does she need from him?
24. Why is Josh worried about things going well? Should he be worried, in your opinion? Why or why not?
25. Why is Josh only laughing on the outside on page 102?
26. Why does JB have Josh talk to Alexis for him? Do you think this is a bad idea? Why or why not?
27. What happens when Josh meditates at practice? What do you think it means? Why?
Day 5: Page 114 - 134
28. Why is Josh feeling so alone?
29. What evidence from the book tells you he feels this way?
30. What is a “third wheel”? Why does Josh feel like one?
31. What was Josh’s “tipping point”? Why?
32. What analogy does Josh use to explain his concern for his father?
33. What happens when they get pulled over by the police?
34. What does Basketball Rule #6 mean in terms of the book?
35. Why is Josh late to the game? What consequence did he have to serve?
36. What happens when Josh passes the ball to his brother on pg. 134?
Day 6: P. 137-156
37. Why does Josh “feel miles away” from the rest of his family?
38. What are the consequences for Josh’s actions? Are they fair, in your opinion? Why or why not?
39. Why is Josh described as “churlish”? Is that an appropriate description? Why or why not?
40. How does JB react to Josh’s attempts to make up for his actions? Why?
41. What does his dad mean when he says, “Right now JB can’t see you”, on pg. 147?
42. Why does Josh compare his dad to a storm on pg. 154?
43. In what ways is the word, “profusely”, demonstrated on pg. 154?
44. What does Josh mean when he thinks, “sometimes it’s the things that aren’t said that kill you,” on pg. 156?
Day 7: P. 157-184
45. Why does Josh write Jordan a letter? Does it work? Why or why not?
46. What does Josh see when he runs into his parents’ bedroom?
47. Why is his dad considering the coaching job offer? How does their mom feel about it? Why?
48. What does Josh call JB’s girlfriend now? Why?
49. What does Josh learn about JB’s girlfriend at dinner?
50. Why are the boys surprised not to see their parents in the stands at the game? What happened?
51. How do you think Josh feels about his brother being Superman on pg. 181?
52. What does Josh do for his brother the night before the big vocabulary test? Why?
Day 8: Pg. 185-209
53. What advice does Coach give Josh at lunch? Why?
54. What will talent and intelligence help you win? Why?
55. Why does Josh say, “the word we never sounded sweeter”, on pg. 189?
56. What happened while Josh was warming up with his dad in the gym?
57. Why do you think Josh is seemingly more upset about missing the game than his dad’s health?
58. What are some of the reasons for Josh’s anger? Are they justified, in your opinion? Why or why not?
59. Why is Josh still in a bad mood even after his dad wakes up?
60. What does their dad want for Josh and JB? Why?
Day 9: Pg. 210-237
61. What happens as Josh and his dad ask each other questions?
62. What happens as they are about to leave for the final game? How do they each react?
63. What happens in the final game? Why doesn’t Jordan play? Why does Josh play?
64. What happened to Chuck Bell? Why?
65. Why does Josh say, “I am unprepared for death”, on pg. 227?
66. How does Josh feel about Alexis now? Why?
67. When does Josh feel closest to his father? Why?
68. What item does Josh get? How does he feel about it? Why?
Hoops
Chapter 1
1. Where does Lonnie live in New York?
2. Where does Lonnie stay part-time?
3. What does Lonnie steal from a truck?
4. How is it determined who will coach Lonnie’s team?
5. Who wins the game between Lonnie and Mr. Jones?
Chapter 2
According to Lonnie, which two kids (as far as skin tone) were taken for the special program his mom had him apply for?
What does Lonnie threaten to do to Cal after he twists his arm behind his back?
Why does Lonnie throw the ashtray across the room?
How much money does Cal tell the guys they need for jerseys? What happens with Cal when he is supposed to be at the first game?
What happens to Lonnie's hand?
Chapter 3
Who has Lonnie stay and work with him one on one?
What does Cal say when Lonnie tells him a scout offered him a college basketball opportunity?
13. Describe the story that Cal tells Lonnie about why he wasn't a successful basketball player.
14. How does Lonnie feel about Cal's story?
Chapter 4
15. Who does Cal invite Lonnie to meet? Who is this person?
16. What does Cal say about Aggie's singing ability?
17. Who hits Mary-Ann?
18. What does Lonnie bring with him to the club? What do Lonnie and Mary-Ann find at the club?
Chapter 5
19. What does Lonnie figure out from the owner, Ugly, that Paul has been doing?
20. What does Lonnie confront Paul about? What happens afterwards?
21. What does Lonnie have a dream about?
Chapter 6
22. What does Cal challenge Lonnie and the guys to do at practice?
23. What does Cal tell Lonnie happened to his son?
24. What does Mary Ann ask Cal if he wants to do? How does Cal respond?
Chapter 7
25. In chapter 7. Lonnie and Cal go to see Mr. O’Donnel. Who is Mr. O’Donnel?
26. What did Rashid tell O’Donnel about Cal during his phone call?
27. What happened to Ox’s parakeet?
28. After practice, who does Cal say none of the players should be talking to?
29. What does Lonnie finally tell Mary-Ann?
30. Who ends up in jail?
Chapter 8
31. What's wrong with Cal when Lonnie and Aggie find him?
32. What does Cal tell Lonnie that O'Donnell told him?
33. What is going on with the new tournament format?
34. What does Cal place a bet on?
Chapter 9
35. What does Lonnie tell himself he will do to Cal if he "pulls something dirty?"
36. Why do the guys want to mess with the player named Tomkins on the other team? Why don't they think he will do anything dirty?
37. Who wins the championship game with a buzzer beating shot?
38. Who ends up getting stabbed?
39. What ends up happening to Cal?
40. What scene does the book end with?
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