Characters
Characters Continued
Setting
Plot Line
Plot Line Continued
100
The main character's first and last name.
What is Alfred Brooks?
100
Has a limp.
What is Henry?
100
Where Alfred learns to become a boxer.
What is Donatelli's gym?
100
Who is Alfred waiting for at the beginning of the book?
What is James?
100
The outcome of Alfred's fight against Rivera.
What is TKO?
200
Who Alfred lives with.
What is Aunt Pearl?
200
The school teacher who is helping to train Alfred.
What is Spoon (Bill Witherspoon)?
200
This is where Alfred works.
What is Epstein's Grocery Store?
200
Alfred tells Aunt Pearl a lie about getting knocked off of a fence. Why did he tell her this lie?
What is because he got beat up?
200
The outcome of Alfred's match against Griffin.
What is KO (Knock Out)?
300
Owner of the gym.
What is Donatelli?
300
The fat boxer that Alfred meets during his first day at the gym.
What is Jelly Belly?
300
Where Major, Sonny, and Hollis hang out.
What is the clubroom?
300
Alfred had to climb up these to get to the gym.
What is stairs?
300
The judges decision about Alfred's fight against Barnes.
What is a tie or draw?
400
Alfred's ex best friend.
What is James?
400
Alfred's cousin who thought about going to Africa.
What is Jeff?
400
Alfred and James used to hide here as kids.
What is the cave in the park?
400
Alfred goes here when he wants to escape from life.
What is the movies?
400
The outcome of Alfred's fight against Elston Hubbard.
What is a loss?
500
Leader of the clubroom gang.
What is Major?
500
Name the four fighters Alfred met in the boxing ring.
What is Rivera, Barnes, Griffin, and Elston Hubbard?
500
The city and state where this story takes place.
What is Harlem, New York?
500
The clubroom gang starts to include Alfred when they go out. Why do they do this?
What is to get Alfred to help them rob the store?
500
Donatelli says Alfred lacks this, which would make him a better boxer.
What is the killer instinct?
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