Characters
This character is the protagonist and speaker.
Who is ZJ?
“And even after [Daniel] broke his arm/when he jumped a skate park ramp right into a wall,/he didn’t stop riding./He said My cast is like a second helmet,/held it high in the air/with the unbroken arm holding the handlebars..."
(Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, idiom)
What is simile?
ZJ's dad is taken to the hospital in an ambulance after breaking what object.
What is a window?
This is the term for the "paragraphs" in this novel in verse.
What are stanzas?
This country is known as the "Emerald Isle."
What is Ireland?
Darry is described as a good listener. (True or False)
What is false? (Daniel)
When Woodson mentions the children's book The Giving Tree, this is an example of a(n) _______.
(Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, idiom)
What is allusion?
The Fantastic Four use this as a code to let the others know they need their friends around them.
What is "I need the trail."?
"Sometimes a player needs to rest" is stated by Zachariah at the beginning of the novel. This is an example of _________.
What is foreshadowing?
The tan M&M was replaced by this color in 1995 after a popular vote.
What is blue?
This character wants to be a football player like Zachariah.
Who is Everett?
"Sometimes, it’s the piano chords,/a sweet riff that has all eighty-eight keys talking”
(Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, idiom)
What is personification?
ZJ's dad bought him a guitar; however, ZJ really wanted this musical instrument.
What are drums?
Showing the increasing challenges of Zachariah's illness, Zachariah is unable to complete a commercial with one line for this product. (general, not specific - ex. cereal, not Wheaties).
What is a car?
This is the largest internal organ in the human body.
What is the liver?
This character's parents are getting a divorce.
Who is Darry?
"The sweetest sound comes/after the string breaks/ and after you complain cuz the string broke.../I wish this thing was as easy as an E string breaking,/a new one getting found."
(Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, idiom)
What is a simile?
ZJ gives this item to Everett.
The setting of the novel is in this U.S. state.
What is New Jersey?
There are this many zeroes in a googol.
What is 100?
This is Uncle Sightman's wife's first name.
Who is Kim?
"...looking everywhere in the house/for my lucky snow gloves--dark blue with reflector tape./I don't know why/but those gloves seem to have a superpower/when it comes to shaping snowballs and firing them/at the sucker who didn't duck fast enough."
(Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, allusion, idiom)
What is hyperbole?
What food does ZJ's dad hide in his pockets, causing grease stains and inspiring him to write a song. (both food items needed).
What are liver and onions.
In a flashback, Zachariah reminisces over first meeting ZJ's mom and dancing to this famous singer.
Who is Whitney Houston? (I Wanna Dance with Somebody)
What is dynamite?