My older sister, Rosie, had won the jacket several years earlier. I fully expected to win it, too. I was fourteen, in the eighth grade and had been a straight A student since first grade.
1st-person POV
100
When the man was about ten feet away, Zebra noticed that the left sleeve of his jacket was empty.
John Wilson?
100
What makes the Vietnam Veterans Memorial different from other national memorials?
People leave more items and messages there than at any other memorial
100
Please ____________ to the writer's argument by writing three paragraphs.
Respond
100
Hard to catch
Elusive
200
I stopped outside my classroom door when I heard angry voices. I didn't men to eavesdrop, but I didn't know what to do. I needed those shorts.
1st-person POV
200
My father, a farm worker, didn't earn enough money to feed eight children, so I moved in with my grandparents when I was six. My family didn't play sports at school because it cost too much. We were all quite agile, but none of us would ever earn a school sports jacket.
Martha
200
What did John Wilson do doing the Vietnam War?
He was a helicopter pilot
200
To walk slowly, in a calm or relaxed manner.
Saunter
200
Very unpleasant or bad
Vile
300
"Me?" said Jimmy. He sounded puzzled. "Jobs? I don't understand what you mean. I'm working for the New York Cracker and Wheat Company."
Mike thought this was very funny.
3rd-Person Omniscient
300
"You know, you area very gloomy life form."
Zebra
300
Why does Martha's Grandfather refuse to pay for the Scholarship Jacket.
He says, "If you pay for it, it's not a scholarship jacket, is it?" He thinks if you pay for it, it's not a real award.
300
To listen in on a private conversation.
Eavesdrop
300
Thin and bony
Gaunt
400
Zebra's hand had begun to tingle and throb. Why was the man asking all those questions? Zebra thought maybe he shouldn't be talking to him at all.
3rd-person Limited POV
400
One afternoon __________ and his suitcase got out of a train in Elmore, Arkansas. __________, who looked like an athletic young man just home from college, went down the sidewalk toward the hotel.
It has a time lock, meaning the safe can only be opened at certain times.
400
Define: quota
A required amount or number
400
Define: Happy-go-lucky
Cheerfully unconcerned about the future
500
He put together clowns and airplanes and helicopters out of discarded cardboard and wood and clothing. From time to time hi hand hurt, but the fingers seemed slowly to be coming back to life.
3rd-person limited
500
He said how you stayed the same, happy-go-lucky guy that you were when you arrived in Vietnam. How your warmth and friendliness drew the guys to you.
Bill Stocks
500
Zebra is in a class taught by Ms. English on "the Imagination". Each student takes turns telling a different story. What does Zebra tell his story about?
Zebra tells his story about a bird that breaks its wing and eventually dies.
500
Define: Falsify
To make something true untrue by adding incorrect information