Darius
Zuri
Figurative Language/Vocabulary
Dating
Random
100

According to Zuri, Darius's favorite outfit

Tight khaki shorts and grandpa shoes

100

She tells Zuri, "Be like a river and go with the flow."

Madrina

100

Define "Gentrification"

Wealthy people moving into poor neighborhoods and displacing the residents. 

100

Janea had ____ serious dates at Syracuse.

None

100

The number of girls in the Benitez family

Five

200

Darius whispered to Ainsley at the cocktail party

Break up with Janae

200

"Seriously, Z. If you don't do these things, you'll never get out of her."

Janea

200

What is a "mirror"

when you see yourself in the text

200

Charlise dates him

Collin

200

The nephew that will inherit when the building after Madrina dies.

Collin will inherit the Bennet family home.

300

Darius eats here on his trip to Howard

Ben's Chili Bowl

300

"You're finally starting to get a little action, Z. It's about time."

Charlise

300

Love is like my sister, Janea

Simile

300

He forces a kiss on Zuri

Warren

300

The name of Hernando's bodega cat

Tomijeri

400

Who said it and who are they referring to?              She thought you dated her? ... and Darius replied" Not in a million years." 

Georgie said it and Darius's commented about Carrie not being his girlfriend.

400

"You can dance with Zuri next time."

Layla

400

"You begged me to come here."

I did not beg."

Hyperbole

400

Which two characters does Warren take inappropriate pictures of?

Georgia and Layla

400

What was Zuri doing and where was she when Madrina passed away?

Taking care of sick sister Layla at Darius' house.

500

The borough that the Darcy family moved from?

Manhattan

500

"Ah mija! There you go? Rivers flow," is a line from Zuri's poem to who? when?

Madrina at her funeral

500

"My skirt looks old, like it's from a whole other decade. Then I remember that its' actually Mama's from when she was in high school. The stitching from my sandals is coming loose, my toes are crusty, and my knees are ashy."

Imagery

500

They both go to school upstate

Janae and Ainsley


500

What's the name of the neighborhood in Brooklyn, does the Benitez family live in?

Bushwick