Characters
Kate double-times as this and as a cheerleader for Franklin Middle School.
Who is the school mascot?
We are introduced to Levi's medical condition, best friend Tam, Mother, Father, and older brother Timothy in this part of the book.
What is the exposition?
Levi and Kate ran around this in their costumes as the crowd went wild.
What is a football field?
This is the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained after hours in school, or in official custody.
What is a detention?
This excerpt is an example of this figurative language.
"No books.
No screens.
No visitors.
No helping Coach.
No thinking.
No anything."
What is repetition?
Timothy wanted to take the MCAT and pass so that he could become this.
What is a doctor?
Levi settles into his dorm at Xaviers as Timothy is at medical school, his mother is relaxing at home, his dad became somewhat more responsible, and his friends, Tam and Kate, are happy at Franklin Middle School at this part of the story.
What is the resolution?
Levi and Tam go to this school.
Who goes to Franklin Middle School.
This is a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck or that is used to symbolize a particular event or organization.
What is a mascot?
This quote is a form of this poetic element.
"I know Dad wants this to be
our thing
a special secret
but
but
boxing?"
What is alliteration?
Tam has been Levi's best friend since this period of education.
What is Kindergarten?
Levi begins to do boxing and dressing up as the crazy chicken in this part of the plot to mess with Kate.
What is the rising action?
This place isn't as dirty as most people think it is, as it is quite clean and comfortable as Levi puts it.
What is Levi's Dad's place like?
This is someone who competes against or fights another in a contest, game, or argument; a rival or adversary.
What is an opponent?
"BOOM, shhh, BAM, zap" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an onomatopoeia?
She caught Levi changing out of his chicken costume.
Who is Coach Ellison?
Levi gets in trouble with a lot of the people he cares about in this part of the plot, including his mother finding out that he does boxing and got injured by it, Timothy getting mad at Levi accusing him of being selfish and much more.
What is the climax?
Levi and his family always go to this city for Levi's medical treatments
What is Cincinnati?
This is a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
What is oxygen?
This simile compares a _____ to a _______.
"She (Tam) spikes the ball
and it smashes into the floor
like a meteor
from outer space."
How is a spike in volleyball compared to a meteor crashing to Earth?
The woman who gave a tour of Xavier's to Levi and his family.
Who is Dr. Strong?
Levi makes amends with all of the people he hurt, and he and Timothy both get accepted into their respective schools.
What is the falling action?
These devices are attached to chairs in the school, Xaviers, for students who feel restless in class.
What are pedals?
This medical term is a tube that is placed through a hole in your throat and is put directly into your windpipe, or trachea, to help you breathe.
What is a trach?
Levi means Timothy's journal is like a "____ ____ _______", that will allow him to see what happened in his brother's time in Juvie.
What does Levi mean by the journal being a "blue time machine".