Eddie
What is Eddie's occupation?
He paints addresses on curbs.
What is the first accusation Eddie makes about Angel?
He accuses his friend Angel of stealing his borrowed truck.
Why does Eddie tell his Mom about his upcoming date with Norma?
He wants his Mom to stop worrying about him finding someone.
Name just one of Mr. Pennington's kids' names.
Zion Eden Rowan and Gwendolyn
What does every paragraph need when written correctly?
Every paragraph must be indented.
Why does Eddie try to avoid Norma at the start of the story?
Eddie feels that if he gets into a relationship with someone in town he'll never be able to leave Fresno.
What does Angel say when he gets accused for stealing the truck?
He tells Eddie he stole an Acura but not the truck.
What does Norma offer him when they first talk in the story?
A free sandwich and a chance to spend time with her by her pool.
How tall is Mr Pennington?
6'3"
How many words are in a 5 paragraph essay with 7 words per sentence and 5 sentences per paragraph?
175
How does Eddie hear about Angel possibly being the murderer of his cousin Jesus?
Norma tells him during his visit at her house by the pool.
Who offers Angel a gun to avenge Jesus' death and how does it happen?
Tia dolores offers him a plate of tortillas with a gun underneath the stack.
Why do many schools avoid adding buried onions to their teaching curriculum?
Answers may include swearing, drugs, gang violence and threatening language.
Where does he live?
Banning, Ca
What does a pronoun do?
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun, often to avoid the need to repeat the same noun over and over. Like nouns, pronouns can refer to people, things, concepts, and places. Most sentences contain at least one noun or pronoun
Why does Eddie show hatred towards the guy with the yellow shoes in chapter 2?
He heard that the man who shot Jesus his cousin had yellow shoes and he suspected it might be him.
Which friend of Eddie's was in the military who was visiting Fresno and which branch of military was he in?
Jose was in the Marines.
What did Eddie drop out of in college?
Air Conditioning Repair Class.
How many years has Mr been teaching here?
5-6 years, either number works
What does a transitional word do?
Transitional words or phrases help carry your thoughts forward from one sentence to another and one paragraph to another.
What is the connection between the onionis and Eddie's feelings?
Eddie believes his town is such a sad place that it's built on buried onions or one big onion that brings sadness to all who live there.
So far in our reading of the story who has died?
Jesus, Eddie's father, and Jose his friend in the military.
What does Eddie choose to enroll in to escape Fresno?
The Navy
What is Mr Pennington's middle name?
Alonzo
What does a preposition do?
A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.