Key Moments
One-Fifteen's encounter with Khalil and Starr
What is Khalil getting shot?
Who is Starr?
What is a theme?
What is One-Fifteen a symbol for?
Racism in the police force and unjust cops
Where One-Fifteen first encountered Starr and Khalil
What is the road Khalil was shot on?
When Lisa, Starr, and Seven came home after getting suspended
What is Maverick bringing the two gangs together?
The victim of One-Fifteen
Who is Khalil?
What is a theme that is especially prominent when Starr goes to school?
Starr feels like she is unable to be herself (Multiple answers possible)
Khalil being showed as only a drug dealer who had gang connections after his murder
What is demonization? (Other answers may suffice)
Why does Starr refer to One-Fifteen as One-Fifteen
Starr refers to One-Fifteen as One-Fifteen because that was his badge number
What happened after Hailey called Khalil a drug dealer and gangbanger
What is Starr beating up Hailey?
The person Starr got into a fight with during school
Who is Hailey?
Give two examples of injustice that is present in the book
(Multiple answers possible)
What the two gang symbolize
The two gangs symbolize the struggle that impoverished black people face as a lot will turn to things like drug dealing to make ends meets. (We see this as they still come together for their community whe its needed
What two communities is Starr in
What is Williamson (Rich prep school) and Garden Heights?
What happened when Starr was at the protest with Ms. Ofrah
What is Starr's speech?
Who is Lesha?
Give an example of how Angie Thomas brings awareness to racism through all of her different themes and story telling
(Multiple answers possible)
What do Starr's nightmares symbolize
Starr's nightmares about the death of Natasha symbolizes Starr's fears, putting her on edge at school
Where Starr has to face the grand jury
What is the courthouse?
Other than Khalil's death what is another traumatic incident that happened to Starr
What is Natasha getting shot?
Starr's friend (also a victim of Hailey's racist remarks)
Who is Maya?
Why does the author use a part of Tupac's saying as her title?
The author uses part of Tupac's saying as her title because it means that what society teaches you will affect everyone
Why did the Angie Thomas choose Garden Heights as the name of where Starr lives
Angie Thomas chose Garden Heights as it's name as a reference to how unideal living in Garden Heights is, with streets having different names of flowers yet nature is barely present
Where Starr went in chapter 6
What is the police station?