Characters
Who are the main characters?
Hideki and Ray
What pages is the Exposition?
Chapter's 1 and 2
Where does this book take place?
Okinawa
What historical event is this book about?
The Battle of Okinawa
Who was Hideki bully?
Yoshio
What is the Rising Action
Hideki gets told to look for his Sister by his dying Dad.
Where does the story start?
In Hideki's Military School.
Civilians were not used as weapons
False
Who died on the boat?
Whats the Climax?
Hideki finds his sister
On a landing craft on the coast of Okinawa.
This battle took place in World War 1?
False, World War 2
What does this Figurative Language mean?
"..must fight like demons to protect [their] homeland."
They must fight viciously
What caused Yoshio to so nice to Hidiki?
He has seen almost all of his class died, so he is glad to he one to survive.
What is the Falling Action?
Hideki, his sister, and kids run away from the cave
Where did Hediki's Dad die?
Outside of the family house.
Were there hundreds of boats shooting the Okinawa island?
Yes
Who wanted the kids to come with them if they escape the cave base.
Hidiki's sister.
What is the Resolution of the story?
Where does Ray die?
Nearby a hill
Did the Japanese help refuges from Okinawa?
No, they killed them or used them as bombs.
Why is the book named Grenade
Hint: Not because Hideki had a grenade, that would be to easy.
it signifies death and the suffering a person's death causes to those close to them.