Quotes
"Jeezis Chrise"
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Vern Tessio
What is the Goocher a symbol of?
Bad luck, misfortune
How did Ray Brower go missing?
His mother sent him to look for berries, he got lost in the woods
Ace and the gang want to take credit for finding Ray Brower.
"Your friends drag you down... You can't save them. You can only drown with them."
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Chris Chambers
What is the Deer a symbol of?
Beauty, peace, innocence, or life
What did Chris Chambers do with the stolen milk money?
He returned it
What was the final ruling of the Annual Pie Eating Contest in "The Revenge of Lard-Ass Hogan?
Davie Hogan declares the contest a draw
"You could have made it so he shot his father and ran away and joined the Texas Rangers."
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Teddy Duchamp
The actual discovery of the body represents:
Coming-of-Age, Loss of Innocence, Death, Mortality
How does Vern respond to the arrival of the Ace Merrill gang?
Describe his emotional reaction and his behavioral response (What does he do?)
He is scared, as indicated by his flinching.
He stays to fight alongside his friends.
What is a "Rite of Passage"? AND Give 1 example, from real life or from the book
A ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life. Represents tranformation and transition from one stage into the next.
Examples: Birth, puberty, marriage, graduation, boot camp, police academy, death, etc
"I’ve never spoken or written of it until just now, today. And I have to tell you that it seems a lesser thing written down, damn near inconsequential." What is this quote referring to, exactly, AND who said this?
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The Deer, Gordie Lachance
What is the crossing of the trestle a symbol of?
Growing up, maturing, leaving childhood and entering adulthood
What angers Gordie about Ace Merrill's initial arrival at the body?
The gang drove, while he had to walk/earn this rite of passage
What is the nickname that the boys use to call the leeches?
Blood-suckers
"Now listen... You better put that down before you take your foot off with it. You ain't got the sack to shoot a woodchuck. You're just a sawed-off pint-sized pissy-assed little runt and I'm gonna make you eat that f$#%*@& gun."
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Ace Merrill
Vomiting, like in the "Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan," is a symbol of:
Release, purging, expression
Who fires the gun at the Ace Merrill gang, in the movie?
Who fires the gun at the Ace Merrill gang, in the novella?
Gordie Lachance
Chris Chambers
Describe the weather when the boys first arrived at the body OR Describe it when the Ace Merrill gang left the scene of the body.
Use specific details or qualities to describe the weather. I will not accept a vague answer
Storming: Thunder and lightning, downpour, clouds overflowing to the point that the looked swollen and ready to burst. Gordie described the scene as bible-like, in that the clouds and colors were that grand
Hailing: So badly that the hail was breaking through Ray Brower's skin