NICKNAMES
Eric
Frost
The novel’s only illustration is of this animal.
A moose
Finish this quote: “Keep your head up, keep your eyes forward…”
“And don’t let go.”
This play, by William Shakespeare, becomes the unit of study in Mr. Sword’s class.
Julius Caesar
Japanese emperor that the hill The Gauntlet is run on is named after
Hirohito
This teacher is “sharp as a scalpel, with thin lips and dagger eyes.”
Ms. Sheers
Principal Wittingham
The Big Ham
You can ask Rose Holland to make you any kind of animal out of origami, but you are probably going to get one of these.
A fish
In the prologue, Frost says the words “accumulate like” this disease, “and then they eat away at you until there is nothing left.”
cancer
Deedee brings in his lunch in a box featuring this fantasy book and film series.
Lord of the Rings
Rose has to borrow his bike to make her run.
Frost
Never tried to be cool. That’s one of the things that made her cool sometimes.”
Frost’s Mom, Mrs. Voss
Morgan
Wolf
The name of the chapter in which the Branton Middle School Falcons beat the North Westchester Wildcats 20-17
“The Catch”
“There are other names for it. A bump. A check. A brush. At BMS we called it” this.
A nudge
A famous composer that Wolf is sort of named after.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The financial reward Evan Smalls will earn if he makes it down The Gauntlet
Fifty dollars
The teacher whom Ruby’s offensive text was targeted at. He always looks like he’s about to have a heart attack.
Mr. Jackson
Jeremiah
Bench
One of the two things that Wolf compares Cheetos to.
turds or toes (either answer is acceptable)
Frost says, “If you can’t say anything nice, like, not a single freaking thing, then maybe you should” do this
keep your big trap shut.
Deedee compares Rose sticking up for him to actions taken by characters in this not-so-age-appropriate fantasy series.
Game of Thrones
Who tries to stop Rose from running The Gauntlet but ultimately ends up cheering her on?
Wolf
Wolf calls them “George and Martha” because they argue so much.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
Advik
Deedee
Frost often wears a ballcap with this baseball team’s logo.
Detroit Tigers
Frost’s mom says “You find your people, and you make your tribe and you protect each other” from these.
The wolves
At some point, Wolf and Frost debate who they would have as a girlfriend if they were this famous Marvel superhero.
Spider-man
In the Chapter “The Run,” Rose conquers The Gauntlet and Frost flashes back to this tough moment in his own life.
The day his dad left
He used to defuse bombs in the army. As a result, he’s missing a finger.
Crazy Uncle Mike