Who Is Tariq?
Tariq regularly shows his caring side by remembering to bring this treat home for his younger sister, Tina.
What is a Snickers candy bar?
This narrative technique allows readers to hear from many characters instead of following one narrator throughout.
What is multiple narration or a multiple-perspective narrative?
This assumption about Tariq becomes central to the dispute over whether the shooting was justified: that he was carrying one of these.
What is a gun?
Tariq's family reacts emotionally in a number of ways. Name one.
What are grief, shock, confusion, and the pain of losing a family member?
I am Tariq's younger sister.
Who is Tina?
Tariq's friendship with this character reveals his desire to help his friend avoid gang involvement.
Who is Tyrell, Tariq's best friend?
This is why it is important to compare the accounts of witnesses with those of Tariq's family and friends.
What is comparing accounts to identify agreements, contradictions, omissions, and possible bias?
This behavior influences the way a witness interprets a Black teenager's actions.
What is racial profiling or the tendency to interpret ordinary behavior as threatening because of racial stereotypes?
Tariq's death changes the pressure Tyrell faces from the 8-5 Kings in this way.
What is the increased pressure on Tyrell to join the 8-5 Kings after losing the friend who helped him resist gang involvement?
I am Tariq's best friend, I enjoy mathematics, and I struggle with pressure to join a gang.
Who is Tyrell?
Some characters view Tariq as a gang member, while others see a caring friend and brother, says this about his identity.
What is the idea that a person's identity is complex and cannot be reduced to a single label or reputation?
These are ways a character's relationship with Tariq can influence what that character remembers or reports.
What is the way affection, resentment, loyalty, or guilt can shape a character's recollection and interpretation?
This explains why two people might interpret the same confrontation differently.
What is the influence of prior assumptions, social experiences, prior beliefs, and racial bias on interpreting ambiguous behavior?
Jennica's experience at the shooting affects her feelings about her relationship with Noodle in this way (Hint: make an inference).
What is growing disillusionment with Noodle and questioning if she should stay in a relationship surrounded by danger?
I shoot Tariq after believing he poses a threat. My actions become the center of the community's debate.
Who is Jack Franklin?
This is how the fact that Tariq cannot tell his own story affects the way readers understand his character.
What is the effect of indirect characterization, in which readers must reconstruct Tariq's identity through other people's memories and accounts?
The author use contradictions among narrators to make readers question first impressions because of this reason.
What is to challenge readers to reconsider initial judgments as new accounts/details emerge?
The decision to describe the shooting as self-defense does this to public perception.
What is shapes public perceptions of Jack Franklin and influences public judgment before all competing accounts are considered?
These contribute to how Tariq's death creates conflict among people who knew him.
What are conflicting memories, loyalties, assumptions, grief, and competing interpretations of Tariq's character and death?
I am a former resident of Underhill and an artist who creates a mural to honor Tariq.
Who is Will (aka eMZee)?
The reader's understanding of Tariq changes as more characters share their memories of him because of this reason.
What is developing a more nuanced/detailed understanding of Tariq as readers encounter diverse memories and perspectives?
Explain the difference between being an eyewitness and being a reliable interpreter of an event.
What is the distinction between observing an event and accurately interpreting what happened or why?
Tariq's reputation could affect whether the public considers him deserving of sympathy or justice because of this reason.
What is the way stereotypes and perceptions of criminality can influence whether a victim is viewed as innocent, threatening, or deserving of sympathy?
Name two ways the shooting affect people who did not know Tariq personally but live in or are connected to Underhill.
What is the spread of fear, public debate, political attention, community division, and solidarity beyond Tariq's immediate circle?
I am a political figure whose involvement brings national attention to Tariq's death, raising questions about public attention and political motives.
Who is the Reverend Alabaster Sloan?