Tony
Joel
Boys being Boys
After the death
Town
100
What did Tony want to do at the beginning of the story?
He wanted to Climb the bluffs at Starved Rock
100
What did Joel want to do at the beginning of the story?
Go swimming at the public pool
100
Who gave the boys permission to go to Starved Rock?
Joel's dad
100
The teenager in the car that Joel Flagged down told Joel that it took how long for someone to drown?
About five minutes
100
How far was Starved Rock from their Town
10 to 12 miles
200
Tony told Joel's dad he got permission from who to go to starved rock?
His mother
200
Joel realizes that Tony is a poor swimmer when?
He was flailing in the water when he was swimming
200
Whose idea was it to go swimming? In what River?
Tony in the Vermillion River
200
How did Joel get back to town?
He rode is bike
200
What was Joel's job?
He had a paper route
300
What color of shirt was Tony wearing?
blue
300
When Joel was diving in the water he thought he found Tony.. What did he find instead?
A log
300
When did Joel become upset with Tony at the river?
When he didn't hide his bike
300
What did Joel tell his dad when he asked where Tony was?
On his way to Starved Rock
300
Who found Tony?
No one did
400
What kind of bike did Tony have?
A hand-me-down bike from his brothers
400
Joel could feel the presence of the river as a?
lurking monster
400
When did Tony become upset with Joel at the river?
When Joel talked about Tony's dad being abusive
400
Why couldn't anyone smell the the fishy water besides Joel?
It was a guilty conscience
400
What did Mrs. Zabrinsky do for a living?
She was babysitting
500
Last thing in the world Tony would do was?
Admit he was bad at something
500
Joel thought his dad was going to do what to him when he found out Tony was dead?
He thought his dad was going to beat him
500
Joel screamed at Tony, "If I find you somewhere along the bank, I will...?
Beat you to a bloody pulp
500
Joel was blaming everyone for Tony's death but who did he truly blame?
himself
500
How old are the boys?
11 or 12