This is the name of the city in which both Wes A and Wes B were born.
What is Baltimore?
100
She was the mother of two of Wes B's children and was a heroin addict. She died at age twenty-four.
Who was Cheryl?
100
He died of epiglottitis (that had been misdiagnosed) at age 34 when Wes A was very young.
Who was Wes A's father (Westley)?
200
This is Wes B's half brother. He tried to steer Wes away from the drug game even though he was deeply involved himself.
Who is Tony?
200
This is Wes A's oldest sister.
Who is Nikki?
200
This is the city where Wes A's mother moved her family so she could live with her parents.
What is the Bronx (NYC)?
200
This is the program that gave Wes B the chance to step away from drug dealing and get trained as a carpenter.
What is Job Corps?
200
This is a private school in the Bronx where Wes A met Justin. Wes A frequently skipped school and created problems when he attended.
What is the Riverdale Country School?
300
This is one of Wes B's close friends. He is the only one of his friends who graduated from high school.
Who is Woody?
300
This is Wes A's youngest sister.
Who is Shani?
300
This is the city where Tony and Wes B were arrested following the jewelry store robbery and the death of the police officer.
What is Philadelphia?
300
This is a potent drug sold in a crystal form that brought a great deal of damage to inner cities in the 1980s. Addicts would smoke it. Wes B dealt it.
What is crack cocaine?
300
This is the country where Wes A spent a semester for his SIT study abroad program. Hint: Cape Town is one of its largest cities.
What is South Africa?
400
This is Wes B's relative. She permitted Wes to live with her after he was released from juvenile detention if he either attended school or got a job.
Who is Aunt Nicey?
400
This is one of Wes A's best friends. He struggled in high school because his mother was dying from cancer.
Who is Justin?
400
This is the city in which Johns Hopkins University is located.
What is Baltimore?
400
Wes B wanted better clothes. He wanted the "stuff" kids around him had. For example, a young kid in his neighborhood wore a headset and had a diamond ring.
What is one of the reasons Wes B was drawn into drug dealing?
400
This relative arranged a baseball game between kids from Wes A's private school and the kids in his neighborhood. In later years, he also advised Wes A to have a back-up plan to his dream of playing professional basketball.
Who was Uncle Howard?
500
This is the mother of Wes B's first child. She stayed very close with Wes B's mother.
Who is Alicia?
500
This is Wes A's friend who started down the wrong track by being a "runner" for drugs. Both he and Wes ended up in the back seat of a police cruiser after a spray painting incident.
Who is Shea?
500
This is the state in which Wes A's military school (Valley Forge Military Academy) was located.
What is Pennsylvania?
500
This is the religion Wes B converted to during his time in prison. He learned a more peaceful way to live.
What is Islam? Wes B became a Muslim.
500
Kurt Schmoke
Who was the mayor of Baltimore in the late 1980s and 1990s?