Characters
The main character of the novel
Who is Bill Yoast?
The name of the school that Yoast left T.C. Williams to coach football at
What is Hammond High School?
The place where the majority of Bill Yoast's time is spent
What is the football field?
The main theme that is shown through the entire novel in many different ways
What is a success is dependent upon good leadership?
The two sports that Yoast coached during his career
What is football and track and field?
The star linebacker who Bill Yoast saw as a son
Who is Gerry Bertier?
The cause for the divorce of Bill and his first wife, Blanche
What is she became pregnant and he was sent away to fight in the war?
The name of the town where the story takes place
What is Alexandria, Virginia?
The theme that is shown through Julius bringing the team together when telling the story of Gerry
What is respect is key?
The number of children that Bill Yoast had
What are five daughters? (Sheryl, Bonnie, Susan, Angela, Dee Dee)
The head coach of T.C. Williams High School who coached with Bill
Who is Herman Boone?
The cause of Gerry Bertier's paralyzation from the chest down
What is a car accident that sent Gerry into a tree?
The name of the city where Yoast was born and the beginning of the novel takes place
What is Florence, Alabama?
The theme represented by T.C. Williams having a successful season after a year with a losing record and racial inequality
What is Teamwork is critical?
The part of the military that Bill Yoast was drafted into
What is the Army Air Corps?
The Titans player who described Gerry Bertier as "Superman" to end racial discrimination within the team
Who is Julius Campbell?
The event that Bill's dad took him to before he left for the second time and didn't come back
What is the circus?
The hotel that Boone and Yoast stayed in for the filming of Remember the Titans
What is the Henry Grady Hotel?
The theme that is shown by the Titans overcoming their differences and becoming a team
The name of the show that Bill was requested to make an appearance on
What is Good Morning America?
The screenwriter who called Yoast to ask about making the movie "Remember the Titans"
Who is Gregory Allen Howard?
The cause for the death of Bill's daughter Sheryl
What is a collapsed valve on her heart?
The location where Yoast pulled $100 out of the bank in cash and almost ran out within an hour of being there
What is New York City?
The theme that is shown by Yoast at the beginning of the novel
What is failure makes a person better?
The job that Bill picked up at a young age after his father left and where he met Mary
What is cotton picking?