Characters
The man who beat up Rashad outside of Jerry's
Who is Paul Galuzzo?
The corner store where the violent incident between Rashad and Paul occurs
What is Jerry's?
"There's no better opportunity for a black boy in America than to join the military"
David Butler (Rashad's Dad)
How many narrators are there in the novel?
TWO (Rashad and Quinn)
This literary device: "The bags under her eyes were prunes" (pg 65)
What is a metaphor?
Paul's cousin, who Quinn has a crush on
Who is Jill Galuzzo?
This major community event takes place at the end of the book
What is a protest/ what is a march?
"What happened to me could happen to any of us"
Rashad
What is Rashad wearing in the picture Spoony sends to the news?
His ROTC uniform
Guzzo saying "I'm not racist" is an example of this literary device.
What is irony? (Ironic because Guzzo says and does things that feel inherently racist)
The woman who Rashad tripped over in Jerry's
Who is Katie Lansing?
Why is Rashad involved in ROTC?
His dad wants him to be.
"I wasn't him. I'd never be him. But I was still supposed to try"
Quinn
Why is Quinn so worried about watching the video?
This literary device: "I was always careful around cops" - Rashad (pg 32)
The woman from the hospital gift shop who Rashad connects with
Who is Shirley Fitzgerald OR Mrs. Fitzgerald?
What Spoony calls the kind of protest where people lie on the ground to symbolize victims of police violence.
What is a die-in?
"This is not about you, Quinn. This is about Rashad"
Jill
Why does Quinn feel so much pressure from his family?
His Dad passed away OR he has a single mom OR he is the oldest sibling. (Some combination of these is acceptable)
Rashad giving his drawings a mouth functions as this literary device in the novel.
Symbolism
Spoony's girlfriend and English's older sister
Who is Berry?
Where is the graffiti tag "Rashad is absent" originally painted?
The sidewalk/ the sidewalk in front of the high school/ in front of the high school
"Look, if there are people who are scared of the police every day of their lives, I'm going to live in fear of them for at least one day to say that I don't think that's right"
Jill, at the protest
- He thinks it was Rashad's fault/ blames Rashad
- He doesn't have a lot of empathy for him
- He asks Rashad what he did wrong
- Cold, unemotional
(any combination of these acceptable)
What is allusion?