Will
What is a Turtle ?
RJ spends much of his time in this hospital department designed for children.
What is the pediatric department?
The Back 40 is the name given to this.
What is the nature preserve behind the middle school?
RJ asks Will to get this item for him from the punk rock concert.
What are drumsticks?
What is their shell?
Will avoids social situations mainly because he fears this from others.
What is being judged, stared at or bullied?
RJ’s friendship with Will develops because RJ treats Will like a normal kid instead of focusing on this
What is his appearance/chin?
Will spends time in the Back 40 doing this.
What is catching turtles?
As part of the Bucket List, Will dances with this person at the school dance.
Who is Shirah?
This is the name of the specific kind of turtle Will finds at the Back 40.
What is a Blanding´s Turtle?
Will is doing community service at the hospital to fullfill a requirement of this Jewish custom
What is his Bar Mitzvah?
Both RJ and Will have been through the death of these loved ones.
What are their parents? (RJ´s mother and Will´s father)
Will often visits the Back 40 with his classmates as part of this teacher´s science class.
Who is Ms. Kuper?
Will rides a roller coaster at the fair with Max and takes this to RJ as proof of the experience.
What is a video?
This type of turtle is considered the most dangerous or aggressive.
What is a snapping turtle?
By the end of the novel, Will demonstrates growth by showing more of this personality trait.
What is confidence and self-acceptance?
RJ´s illness is classified as this.
What is ¨Terminal ¨?
Will and this friend have an incident at the back 40 that involves a bull dozer.
Who is Max?
Will´s mask during the talent show performance represents this Wrestlemania character.
Who is Manzilla?
Turtles genarally feed on aquatic plants, small fish, worms, snails, and insects making them this kind of creature.
What is an omnivore?
The conflict between Will and his own insecurities is an example of this type of literary conflict.
What is character vs. self?
RJ bribes his elderly neighbor down the hall using this snack food.
What are Funyons?
Ms. Kuper is determined to save the Back 40 after learning it will be turned into this.
What is a housing development?
What is own a pet?
The oldest turtle ever recorded is a tortoise named Jonathan, and he lives in the Seychelle Islands. He is this old.
194 years old!