Milkman
Why does Hagar want to kill Milkman?
What is he broke up with her
What is the Seven Days and what two members do we know that are in it?
What is a group of seven men that keep track of African American people that are killed, and then randomly pick a similar white victim to kill. Guitar and Empire State are members of it
How does Hagar feel about Milkman?
What is she is obsessed with him but also wants to kill him
What was this chapter's main focus?
What is whether what Guitar was doing was ethical or right
What does the Dead family name represent?
What is it represents the loss of cultural identity and the family’s lack of connection with one another
Why does Milkman oppose Guitar’s methods?
What is he believes it is unfair and ineffective
How does the Seven Days kill their victims?
What is they kill them in the same way that the corresponding African American victim was killed
Why does Hagar want to kill Milkman?
What is she is mad at him for trying to breakup with her
What is the name of the group or secret society that Guitar is a part of?
What is the Seven Days
What does Not Doctor Street reveal about the townspeople?
What is the people are resilient and fight for their voice to be heard by the government
Who is usually at the barbershop when Milkman hangs out there? (other than Guitar)
What is Empire State, Railroad Tommy, and Hospital Tommy (all acceptable answers)
Why does Guitar keep his last name, Bains?
What is because the slave names don’t bother him, just the slave status
How does Hagar feel about Ruth?
What is she is jealous
Why are the Seven Days so Successful?
What is loyalty and secrecy
What unnatural elements have we seen in the novel so far?
What is Pilates not having a navel, Pilate seeing her father as a ghost, flight of Flying African Americans, the white bull, the flower bulbs, Pilate’s spiritual powers (all are acceptable answers)
Where are Guitar and Milkman in this chapter?
What is at Mary’s Place
What justification does Guitar have for the killings?
What is to keep the ratio of white people and African Americans the same; because one death of an African American person leads to 5-7 generations being wiped out
What does Hagar do when she misses Milkman?
What is she stalks him
What Day is Guitar?
What is Sunday
Does milkman seem scared for guitar or worried by guitar's actions?
What is no. after finding out guitar is killing white people in an act of revenge, milkman tried to list off “good white people.” but the whole time he's doing it he does it in a joking type of way, another example of milkman not taking anything seriously
Which historical figure does Milkman reference in chapter 6?
What is Malcolm X
What does Guitar think of all the examples of white people that defend African Americans?
What is that in different situations, they all would have killed African Americans. They are unnatural
What aspects of Hagar caused Pilate and Reba to move back into town?
What is she was prissy and vain, and she hated disorganization
Why do the Seven Days exist?
what is to keep the “ratio” balanced
How does guitars racial hierarchical view of the world reflect in his actions?
What is Guitar repeatedly expresses his hatred on racist violence, this transforms into his own hatred of white people and avenges black people killed by racist violence by killing white people saying he's “keeping the numbers even”