"The Last Spin"

"The Last Spin"

100

The colour of Danny's jacket

What is Gold and Blue?

200

Where the story takes place.

What is a basement?

300

Where Danny is from.

What is the Bronx?

400

The type of gun the boys are using.

What is a Smith and Wesson .38 Police Special?

500

The number of catridges in the gun when Danny got shot.

What is three cartridges?

Slang

100

The meaning of "turkey".

What is to be afraid of something?  (chicken)

200

The meanings of "you dig".

What is I understand?

300

The meaning of "deb".

What is a pretty girl?

400

What a "cat" refers to in the story.

What is a dude/guy/man?

500

What "diddlebop" refers to in the story.

What is a fight?

Quoted Speech

100

Find the mistake in: "Let's get on with it" , Danny said.

"Let's get on with it," Danny said.

200

Find the mistake in: "Okay, okay" : Danny said.

"Okay, okay," Danny said.

300

Find two mistake in: Tigo said, "what the hell's the difference"?

Tigo said, "What the hell's the difference?"

400

Find the mistake in: "We're from different clubs," Danny said, "And that's enough for me."

"We're from different clubs," Danny said, "and that's enough for me."

500

Find two mistakes in: Tigo said, "One day, I'll write a story and I'll call it "The Last Spin" ".

Tigo said, "One day, I'll write a story and I'll call it 'The Last Spin.' "

Characters

100

He wore a green and orange silk jacket.

Who is Tigo?

200

Tigo's girlfriend's name.

Who is Juana?

300

He put the third cartridge in the cylinder of the gun.

Who is Tigo?

400

What Danny compared his girlfriend to.

What is a house?

500

Where Danny's girlfriend is from.

What is the old country?

Themes & Symbols

100

What the silk jackets might symbolize.

What is stereotyping?

200

What the cylinder/cartridges of the gun might symbolize.

What is chance? (fate/destiny)

300

What might symbolize peer pressure.

Who are the clubs/gangs?