Plot
Character Traits
Vocabulary
Setting
Characters
100

Chase surprises Brendan by asking to sit with him in this school location.

What is the cafeteria?

100

Brendan helps Chase cut his chicken even though he is frightened of him. This demonstrates this trait.

What is kindness or helpfulness?

100

Brendan calls Chase this type of powerful animal at the top of a food chain.

What is an apex predator?

100

Brendan films different groups of students in this part of Hiawassee Middle School.

What is the cafeteria?

100

This student is shocked when Chase asks to sit with him at lunch.

Who is Brendan Espinoza?

200

Chase learns that he and his friends put these inside Joel Weber’s piano.

What are cherry bombs?

200

Chase removes the chair Bear places over Brendan and helps Brendan stand. This suggests that the new Chase is this.

What is compassionate, considerate, or protective?

200

This word describes Chase’s loss of memory following his accident.

What is amnesia?

200

Chase confronts his mother about the secrets she has kept in this location.

What is Chase’s home?

200

This student begins questioning his past after learning about the cherry bombs placed in Joel’s piano.

Who is Chase Ambrose?

300

Brendan films himself riding this small vehicle through a car wash.

What is a tricycle?

300

Brendan admits that the car-wash stunt was his idea when the manager blames Chase. This shows this trait.

What is honest or responsible?

300

Chase’s community-service sentence is canceled or reduced because of his injury; this word describes that change.

What is commuted?

300

Brendan and Chase collect their filming equipment and tricycle from this location.

What is Brendan’s house?

300

These two football players tell Chase about their arrest and community-service sentence.

Who are Aaron Hakimian and Bear Bratsky?

400

After making their video together, Brendan invites Chase to join this school group.

What is the video club?

400

Aaron and Bear dismiss the cherry-bomb incident as no big deal and blame the adults. This demonstrates this negative trait.

What is irresponsible, dishonest, or remorseless?

400

Brendan initially considers Chase harmless following his accident; this word means “not likely to cause harm.”

What is innocuous?

400

Brendan performs his unusual tricycle stunt at this business on Bell Street.

What is the Shiny Bumper Car Wash?

400

This character kept Chase’s past misbehavior from him because she did not want to overwhelm him after his accident.

Who is Chase’s mother?

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