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A boy he became friends with while in High School.
Who is Frank?
100
Harlem
What is the place that Walter calls home?
100
A Writer
What did Walter want to be when he grew up?
100
Search for identify
What is the most significante theme?
100
He hit him in the face.
What happened when Manuel said "Dabba-dabba-dabba" to him in second grade?
200
He got out of jail and then was beaten to his death.
What happened to Uncle Lee?
200
Stuyvesant
What is the high school that Walter went to?
200
That his mom whipped him.
What did he tell his parents when he hitched a ride on a taxi?
200
Power of Rasism.
What is a theme that we are still struggling with today?
200
Johnny Brown started laughing at his speech impediment when he read out loud.
Why did he throw the book in Ms. Conway's class?
300
Mr. Lasher
Who tells Walter that his history of fighting will not be tolerated in his class?
300
The Garment Center.
What is the place where that he tried to get a job but then get demoted?
300
He sucked it up so that his parents wouldn't know.
What happened when he jumped off a roof?
300
Poverty
What is the theme that struggles with economic issues?
300
Drinking and gambling addictions
What are the problems that Walter is going through?
400
His first grade teacher, Mrs. Dworkin
Which one of Walter's teachers was a "hugger"?
400
Central Park
Where did Walter go instead of high school?
400
He went to the army.
Where did he go when he left home?
400
On drugs and lottery tickets.
What does his mom waste his typewriter money on?
400
The guy with the chains.
When Walter saved Frank which guy did he hit?
500
Walter's mom
Who is Florence?
500
123rd street
Where was Frank offered a job?
500
His mom
Who is a person who Walter loses the ability to speak with as he grows up even though he never stop talking to that person when he was young?
500
His grandpa takes his room and complains all day.
What happens when his grandpa moves in?
500
He wasn't able to be a lawyer, but he could be a law clerck.
What did speech impediment do to him wanting to be a lawyer? What could he be instead?