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100

What is the protagonist’s (Main Characters) name?

Josh Bell

100

Which basketball star does JB “stalk” aka love most?

Michael Jordan

100

What is the basketball move where player moves ball from one hand to the other?

crossover

100

What do you call a figure of speech that gives human traits to objects?

Personification

100

What is the author’s name?

Kwame Alexander 
200

What is Miss Sweet Tea’s actual name?

Alexis

200

What does Josh inherit from his father?

his championship ring

200

What is the interruption of a bond, a person no longer close?

estranged

200

Which figure of speech makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?

Simile

200

What is the name of JB and Josh’s best friend?

Vondie

300

Which nickname does Miss Sweet Tea have for her boyfriend?

Precious

300

How many free throws does Josh make in the last poem?

49 (JB makes #50)

300

What word means having a bad temper, difficult to work with?

churlish

300

What is a “paragraph” of a poem called, two or more lines?

Stanza

300

What is name of the blood pressure issue Chuck has?

hypertension

400

Which musician inspired the nickname Filthy McNasty?

Horace Silver

400

How is the book organized internally?

based on basketball game / in 4 quarters

400

an unexpected, undesirable event

calamity

400

The name of a word that imitates a sound 

Onomatopoeia

400

The word that means pouring forth in great quantity, like the blood from Chuck’s nose

profusely

500

What is the name of the Japanese form of poetry Josh uses to describe English class?

tanka

500

Why does JB stop playing basketball at the end of the book?

His dad dies

500

occurs if blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies

myocardial infarction

500

What is the difference between topic and theme?

topic = 1 word/subject; theme = whole sentence or message

500

Which word describes Alexis, and means physically attractive?

pulchritudinous

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