This is a part of the plot in which the author gives clues that something is going to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This is the protagonist in the story.
Who is Rusty James?
100
Where is Rusty James at the beginning of Chapter 1?
What is the beach?
100
Motorcycle Boy does not like these.
What are drugs?
100
In Chapter 9, this is where Rusty James goes after he wakes up with a bad headache/
What is a clinic?
200
This is the OMG part of the story.
What is the climax?
200
This character's mother is a nurse who works nights and forces the character to babysit three siblings.
Who is Patty?
200
This is the age of Rusty James at the beginning of Chapter 2.
What is 14?
200
This is how Rusty James' father earns a living before his wife leaves him.
What is a lawyer?
300
This term is used to determine who is telling the story.
What is point of view?
300
This character is 14, looks 12, but acts 40. This character has a face like a real sincere rabbit.
Who is Steve?
300
Who does Rusty James fight in Chapter 3?
Who is Biff?
300
In Chapter 6, Rusty James visits his guidance counselor who tells him he is being expelled. What is the name of the guidance counselor?
What is Mr. Harrigan?
300
In Chapter 10, who does Rusty James as to step outside to talk about Patty?
Who is Smokey?
400
This term is applied to any person or sometimes an object through strong contrast which underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another.
What is foil?
400
This character, idolized by others in town, has put a stop to gang rumbles that occurred earlier. Additionally, this character seems much older than their actual age.
Who is Motorcycle Boy?
400
In Chapter 4, what happens to Rusty James during the fight?
What is he gets stabbed?
400
In Chapter 7, where do Motorcycle Boy, Steve, and Rusty James go after they cross the bridge?
What is the city?
400
This is what Motorcycle Boy does in Chapter 11 which causes the police to chase after him.
What is he breaks into the pet store, releases all the caged animals, and runs to the river with rumble fish.
500
This term is used when the main story occurs in the past, but is introduced and concluded in the present => story-within-a-story.
What is a frame story?
500
This character is a police officer who holds a grudge against two of the characters in Rumble Fish?
Who is Patterson?
500
This is where Rusty James lives.
What is over a dry cleaner?
500
To what is Motorcycle Boy referring when he says, "...is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite, and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying, not believing it even if you show her the marks."
What is California?
500
In Chapter 12, how many years has it been since Steve and Rusty James last saw each other?