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Challenge Questions
Plot
100
What did Detective Howard tell Tito that Jimmy had been doing?
Collecting money for dope dealers
100
While thinking about his dad, Tito promised himself he would do what?
Think about Jimmy every day for the rest of his life.
100
How were Tito and Mina saved from Lamar and Ice Breaker Joe at Big Molly's Diner?
Tito left the phone off the hook when he dialed 911.
100
What did Tito do when Ice Breaker Joe and Lamar asked him how Jimmy's business was going?
He pulled Mina into the women's bathroom to escape.
100
What did Tito throw in a trash truck at the end of the story?
his backpack and the gun
200
Why did Tito think Gus could someday be in the Olympics?
He was the fastest runner in the school.
200
Where did Tito's mom make Mina sleep the night of the funeral?
In the bathtub.
200
How did Tito look in the windows of his house when he thought something might be wrong?
He stood on top of Spider's doghouse.
200
Why did Mina run behind the Library on the way home from the birthday party?
Jimmy scared her with his Claw routine.
200
Who helped raise money to pay for Jimmy's funeral?
The local TV stations
300
In the note he left for Tito, Jimmy explained he was skimming money because
he wanted to move the family to a safer place
300
Since Tito was afraid the gun might go off, he didn't do what?
Eat his sandwiches for lunch
300
Who saved Tito's life when gangs shot at his old house?
Gus
300
What did Tito do when a blue car came down the alley after Jimmy's funeral?
Hid Mina behind a bush
300
Why did Mina come in to Big Molly's Diner when Tito told her to wait outside for him?
She was having scary thoughts about dragons.
400
Why did the family have to move in with Mrs. Washington?
She couldn't afford the rent without Jimmy's money.
400
Why did Mina go back to the funeral home?
She thought Jimmy could visit.
400
How did Gus manage to take Tito to meet Ice Breaker Joe and Lamar at the diner?
By telling him he would buy him a hamburger.
400
Tito has worn 2 of Jimmy's old clothing items. Name one.
Shoes or T-Shirt.
400
What was Tito shocked to see in his house when he returned home after school?
the living room wall was covered in graffiti.
500
What job did Tito do when he lived at Mrs. Washington's?
cleaned the yard with a pooper-scooper
500
Where does Tito hide when gangs shoot up his old house?
In Spider's dog house.
500
When she went to pick up Jimmy's last paycheck, why was Tito's mother confused?
The restaurant said Jimmy had never worked there.
500
Why did Gus put a gun in Tito's backpack?
Because he said Tito needed to get revenge for Jimmy's death.
500
What did Spider do to Gus when he tried to climb over the fence?
Pulled his jeans off.