Names
What is the protagonist’s (Main Characters) name?
Josh Bell
Which basketball star does JB “stalk” aka love most?
Michael Jordan
What is the basketball move where player moves ball from one hand to the other?
crossover
What do you call a figure of speech that gives human traits to objects?
Personification
What is the author’s name?
What is Miss Sweet Tea’s actual name?
Alexis
What does Josh inherit from his father?
his championship ring
What is the interruption of a bond, a person no longer close?
estranged
Which figure of speech makes a comparison using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is the name of JB and Josh’s best friend?
Vondie
Which nickname does Miss Sweet Tea have for her boyfriend?
Precious
How many free throws does Josh make in the last poem?
49 (JB makes #50)
What word means having a bad temper, difficult to work with?
churlish
What is a “paragraph” of a poem called, two or more lines?
Stanza
What is name of the blood pressure issue Chuck has?
hypertension
Which musician inspired the nickname Filthy McNasty?
Horace Silver
How is the book organized internally?
based on basketball game / in 4 quarters
an unexpected, undesirable event
calamity
The name of a word that imitates a sound
Onomatopoeia
The word that means pouring forth in great quantity, like the blood from Chuck’s nose
profusely
What is the name of the Japanese form of poetry Josh uses to describe English class?
tanka
Why does JB stop playing basketball at the end of the book?
His dad dies
occurs if blood flow to an area of the heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies
myocardial infarction
What is the difference between topic and theme?
topic = 1 word/subject; theme = whole sentence or message
Which word describes Alexis, and means physically attractive?
pulchritudinous