Nicknames
Frost's real name.
Eric
What Frost's mom calls a person's group of friends.
Your tribe or pack-- the people you hang out with and consider your closest friends.
What cuased the "Crackdown"?
Ruby Sandels's awful social media message about Mr. Jackson
A prodigy on the piano. 🎹🎶 BONUS: for $200 more, why is this person nicknamed as such?
Wolf-- nicknamed from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (famous classical composer and musical prodigy)
Bench's real name.
Jeremiah Jones ("JJ")
Where Frost meets his first middle school friend Bench.
On the school bus 🚍
Who is telling the story? (Who is our narrator?) BONUS: for $300, what POV is this told from?
Frost (aka Eric)--> 1st person POV
Which character is "the variable" in the boys' perfect little tribe of friends and why?
Rose, because she's "an unknown" and Frost doesn't know how she is going to effect or change their tribe.
Wolf's nicknames for his parents. BONUS: for $200 more, why does he call them this?
George and Martha (after famous movie characters who fight all the time)
What the kids do IMMEDIATELY after Ms. Sheers says, "I will be back in two minutes. Take this opportunity to complete the problems on your sheet. Silently." (and escorts Ruby and her phone down to the Principal's office.
They take out their phones and try to figure out what Ruby had just done/posted to get in so much trouble.
DeeDee has these hidden in a wooden box under his bed.
What are polyhedral dice?
Current resident of Sarasota, Florida who used to live with Frost.
Frost's dad?
How did Eric get his nickname?
He wrote poetry for a contest and his Dad gave him a Robert Frost poetry book to read. He's been writing poetry ever since (secretly)...
The place in middle school where a person ESPECIALLY doesn't want to sit alone.
The cafeteria
Explain one reference that Frost used in "The Variable" chapter.
Answers may vary
This characgter lived in Chicago, The Windy City.
Rose
True or False: Rose is a nickname.
False. That's Rose's real name.
What the kids start leaving on lockers and backpacks once all the cell phones were confiscated.
Post-it notes
The setting of our novel.
Branton, Michigan-- in Branton Middle School
The Math teacher who has "eyes like a hawk" when it comes to locating "illegal cell phone use". Hint: ✂✂
Ms. Sheers