Characters
Who is the main character?
Chase Ambrose
What major event starts the book?
Chase falls off the roof and gets amnesia.
What is "amnesia"?
Memory loss
Who invites Chase to join the video club?
Who becomes one of Chase’s first new friends after the accident?
Brendan
What are the names of the boys who used to be Chase's best friends before his accident?
Aaron and Bear
Why does Chase join the video club?
He’s looking for something new to belong to / Brendan invites him.
What does the word “humiliate” mean, something Chase used to do to kids?
Embarrass someone
What do Aaron and Bear think about the video club?
They thinks it's lame and uncool
Why does Shoshanna hate Chase at the start of the book?
Because Chase bullied her brother, Joel, before the accident.
Who does Chase meet in the music room who helps him with video club?
Brendan Espinoza
What event causes Shoshanna to start changing her mind about Chase (slowly)?
She sees him genuinely helping in video club and being kind to Mr. Solway
What does “redemption” mean—something Chase is trying to achieve?
Making up for past mistakes / becoming a better person.
Who is the man that the video club is making a video about?
Mr. Solway
What causes tension between Chase and his old friends, Aaron and Bear?
Chase stops doing pranks with them and starts hanging out with different kids.
What is the name of the girl who HATES Chase at the beginning?
Shoshanna Weber
What is the only memory Chase has right after his accident?
A little girl in a blue dress
What does it mean when Chase feels “out of place” at school after the accident?
He feels like he doesn't fit in
Who is the teacher of video club?
Ms. DeLeo
What does Joel think when he hears Chase forgot everything?
He doesn’t believe Chase has really changed and thinks the amnesia is “too convenient.”
Who is Helene?
Chase's baby step-sister
What is the FIRST video Chase and Brendan make together?
Car wash video
“Internal conflict” describes Chase’s struggle. What is this?
A problem inside a character’s mind (trying to decide who he is now vs. who he was before).
Who has a crush on Chase?
Kimmy
Why is Chase’s growing friendship with Shoshanna complicated?
She wants to trust the “new” Chase, but she still remembers the harm the old Chase caused to her family.