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What sport do the twins and their dad play?
basketball
What moment in the novel starts the separation between Josh and JB?
when JB cuts Josh's hair
What is most of Crossover written in?
Freeverse
What are the boys names?
Jordan Bell and Josh Bell or JB and Flithy McNasty
Who was the girl they were fighting over?
Miss Sweet Tea
What is Josh's mother's job?
She is the assistant principle at his school
Why does Josh get suspended from the basketball team?
He intentionally passes the ball to his brother so hard that it causes his nose to bleed.
"Dad, do you miss playing basketball? I ask. Like jazz misses Dizzy, he say." What literary/poetic device is used here?
Simile
what is a crossover?
basketball move in which a player dribbles the ball quickly from one hand to the other
What kind of shoes does the new girl usually wear?
Pink Reeboks
What is Josh's dad's name? (first and last)
Chuck Bell
What news do Josh and JB get just before the championship game?
Dad had another heart attack
What type of poetry has 3 lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables?
haiku
Where does Josh's nickname come from?
A song on his Paris Blues album
What question does Alexis text to JB?
Are you rich?
How old was their dad when he died?
39
What happens when dad tries to dunk playing ball with Josh
he collapses on the floor
What is a poem made of a source different from the original poem?
A Found Materials poem.
What is the only thing JB loves more than basketball?
betting
what was josh's "tipping point"?
Seeing his brother and Alexis kissing at the library
leaves 8 pages of notes/clues to help him remember the words for his vocab test
On his deathbed, what gift does dad leave for Josh?
the championship ring.
"Vondie, your head is so big,
you don't have a forehead,
you have a five-head." What literary/poetic device is the quote an example of?
Hyperbole
What does "churlish" mean?
having a bad temper and being difficult to work with.
After their dad's funeral, what does Alexis invite Josh to?
Go to a Duke/ NC game!