Character Traits
When Chase gets home from the hospital and sees his phone background, he discovers...
his friends and him were jerks who smashed up pumpkins.
When Chase wakes up in the hospital, the only thing he can remember is...
a little girl in a blue dress in a garden.
What is amnesia?
When someone forgets part of their past.
After Bear, Aaron and Chase go to court for pranking Joel, they are sentenced to...
community service at the Portland Street Assisted Living Facility.
Shoshanna changes her opinion about Chase after he...
helps her with her video project.
Shoshanna dumps yogurt on Chase's head because...
he bullied her brother, Joel.
How does Chase join the video club?
Brendan invites him after the car wash, tricycle incident.
What does the word "scorn" mean in the following sentence:
My scorn is so sharp that it jolts me back to the here and now. How could I have made such hard judgments about my own brother?
a harsh feeling of dislike or disrespect
Chase's dad tries to find Chase another doctor so that he can...
be cleared to play football after his concussion.
Brendan changes his opinion about Chase after he...
agrees to do his car wash Youtube video with him.
Brendan wants to get famous by...
creating a viral video on Youtube.
Why does Joel Weber get sent to Melton?
Chase, Bear and Aaron blow up his piano at a recital with cheery bombs.
What does the word "ovation" mean in the following sentence:
We burst into thunderous applause when the music comes to a crescendo...the ovation dies abruptly in the classroom when CHASE AMBROSE appears on the screen.
When Aaron and Bear take $20 from an old woman at Portland Street, Chase...
Takes his own $20 and returns it to her room.
By the end of the book, the school realizes that Bear and Aaron are...
outcasts and jerks. No one likes them anymore.
At the start of the novel, how does Chase's sister Helene feel about her brother? How does she feel at the end?
At first she is scared of him, but as he changes to be nicer, she grows to accept and like him.
What brings Shoshanna and Chase closer together?
Chase suggests they do her National Video Journalism project on Mr. Solway and his Medal of Honor.
What does the word "dubiously" mean in the following sentence:
Kimberly is regarding me a little dubiously, so I give her my most confident look and announce, "Piece of Cake."
To hesitate or doubt someone.
After Bear and Aaron see Chase doing so well with the video club at the assembly, they decide...
to prank Joel Weber and put the blame on Chase.
Why do so many people in the town show up for Chase's hearing at the end of the story?
They realize he has changed and become a true hero.
How does Mr. Solway feel about his Medal of Honor?
He doesn't feel like a hero. In fact, he doesn't even feel he deserved it.
What does Chase realize when he sees his neighbors moving?
That he hid the Medal of Honor on the roof and saw the painting in his neighbor's house when he fell.
What does the word "salvation" mean in the following sentence:
I sense salvation so close I can almost reach out and squeeze it. All I have to do is say yes and I'm off t he hook.
to escape from harm or loss
Brendan proves that Chase is innocent of pranking Joel in the music room by...
showing the video club members Chase trying to tug the fire extinguisher out of Bear's hands, proving it was an accident.
Why is the novel called Restart?
Chase gets to "restart" his life over and stop being a bully.