CHARACTERS
This is the name of the main character who is tragically shot by a police officer.
Who is Jerome?
Jerome is walking home when this object causes Officer Moore to mistake him as dangerous.
What is a toy gun?
One major theme of the novel is unfair treatment based on this.
What is race or racism?
“Some mistakes can’t be fixed.” This quote mostly relates to this event.
What is Jerome’s death?
Much of the story takes place in this American city.
What is Chicago?
This police officer shoots Jerome.
Who is Officer Moore?
Jerome becomes a ghost after this major event.
What is being shot by the police?
The novel encourages readers to have more of this between different groups of people.
What is understanding or empathy?
Emmett Till’s presence in the novel helps connect past racism to this.
What is current racism/injustice?
The toy gun symbolizes this dangerous problem.
What is mistaken assumptions or fear?
Jerome meets this famous historical figure as a ghost.
Who is Emmett Till?
How did Kim feel when Jerome took the gun?
What Unhappy / Mad / Angry
How do Ghost Boys honor each other?
What is they "bear witness"?
According to Jerome's Last Words, who can make the world better?
Who are "the living".
Ghosts in the novel symbolize people whose stories still need to be this.
What is heard, remembered, or understood?
This character is Officer Moore’s daughter who befriends Jerome.
Who is Sarah?
Which basketball player is on Jerome's bedroom wall?
Who is Stephen Curry ?
The book shows how fear and stereotypes can influence these.
What are people’s actions or decisions?
Jerome’s ghost represents voices that are often this.
What is ignored, unheard, or silenced?
Jerome’s family home often represents this feeling.
What is love, grief, or loss?
Jerome’s best friend who lends him the toy gun.
Who is Carlos?
In what year was Emmett Till killed?
What is 1955?
The author wants readers to think critically about this issue in society.
What is police violence and racial injustice?
What did Emmett Till's mother say at his funeral?
What is "Let the world see what they did to my boy"
Emmett Till’s story helps show that history can still affect this.
What is the present?