Its a broken down place with a broken toilet and shower. Many people live there. His sisters are raising him
Lloyd's apartment
100
Because they have nothing to do. There are no parks, and nothing for the kids to do (chpt 11)
Why Vince Lane (CHA chairman) won't raise his kids there
100
Because it is near impossible to get out
Why are the projects are like a maze?
100
Advice: Go to school, stay off the streets, read, etc
What is the advice that everyone seems to give the kids?
200
Because people get killed when LeAllen is going to his house
Why is LeAllen afraid to go to Lloyd's house?
200
Chill is an alcoholic that struggles significantly and cannot be there for his children.
Who is Lloyd's dad?
200
Because he is hard on the outside, but soft on the inside.
Why is Isaac like an M&M?
200
Its better to learn a skill to be self sustainable (this is a saying we went over)
If I feed you a fish you eat for one day, if I teach you to fish you eat for a lifetime
200
A medal given for being wounded in battle
What is the purple heart?
300
A white, racist politician-type that the kids describe. When they mock him they use the "N" word a lot.
Who is Davide Duke
300
Gambling
What is Lloyd's hobby?
300
Because of the age and the horrificness of the crime
Why this case was not typical for Kay Hanlon
300
When the government gives you aide in the form of money, housing, food, etc.
What is welfare?
300
The forgotten about America where things are not equal and opportunities are not the same as typical America
What is the 2nd America
400
They have to worry more than _____________ kids. They live in essentially a war zone rampant with drugs, violence, gangs, and povery.
How is a project-kid different than a suburban kid?
400
Message: Don't assume things about ghetto kids. They are the same as you, they just live somewhere else and have to deal with some serious, and sad, stuff
What is LeAllen and Lloyd's message to you?
400
It effects you in ways that make you distrusting of others, hard to be vulnerable, jaded, increased depression, likelihood of being more violent yourself
What are the psychological effects of growing up with violence all around you>
400
They keep pulling each other down when one tries to get out. (crab metaphor)
What is "shorties are like crabs in a barrel?
400
Perseverence
What is a possible them of the book
500
Because if you are ___________ people will take advantage of you.
Why can't you be soft in the projects?
500
Because he would not steal candy with the boys and said he was going to tell his mom
What is the reason Tyrone and Johnny killed Eric Morse?
500
Crack Cocaine
What did Johnny bring to kindergarten?
500
Not making it out of the projects. (who's biggest fear)
What is LeAllen's greatest fear?
500
Why do you think LeAllen drops the "N" word and swears at times?
What is to bring significance to what he is saying?