Filthy Facts
What is Josh Bell’s nickname on the court?
What is Filthy McNasty?
What is JB’s full name?
What is Jordan Bell?
What sport do both brothers play?
What is basketball?
What was Chuck Bell’s profession before retirement?
What is a professional basketball player?
This emotion/feeling is at the core of the Bell family, even when they argue or grow apart.
What is love?
What is Josh’s signature basketball move?
Dunking.
What do Josh and JB have in common?
What is they are twins and love basketball?
What happens to Chuck Bell in the backyard when the boys are practicing free throws?
He has a mild heart attack. Grabs his chest.
What is the mother’s job?
What is assistant principal?
Josh struggles with this feeling as he watches JB get close to Alexis and drift away.
What is jealousy or loneliness?
What physical feature is Josh very proud of?
What is his hair (his dreadlocks)?
Who causes tension between the twins?
Who is Alexis (Miss Sweet Tea)?
What basketball skill is used as a metaphor for flexibility and change?
What is the crossover move?
What health issue does the father have?
Heart disease, high blood pressure, jumper's knee
Which colleges do the boys want to go to?
North Carolina and Duke
Why is Josh suspended from the team?
What is for hitting JB in the face with a basketball?
How does JB react when Josh hurts him with the ball?
What is he stops speaking to Josh?
What happens when Chuck Bell gets pulled over by the police?
Chuck signs an autograph for him on a napkin
What does the father refuse to do, despite the mother’s urging?
Go to the doctor or get a check-up, stop eating poorly
This recurring symbol (organ) represents both physical strength and emotional vulnerability in the book.
What is a heart?
How does Josh express himself throughout the book? (Hint: the book is full of these)
With basketball or poetry
What is Josh's "tipping point"?
When he sees JB kissing Alexis in the library.
For which NBA team did Chuck almost play for?
The Lakers
What is Italy?
What lesson did the Dad want his kids to learn when they were 3 yrs old at the park?
What is to never let anyone lower your goals.