Show:
-Who? (Characters)
-What?
-Why? (Reason)
-Where? (Location)
-When? (Years)
100
Who moved her family from Baltimore to her parents‘ home in the Bronx and worked multiple jobs to ensure her family had better opportunities?
Joy (Wes Moore's mother)
100
What age was Wes Moore when his father died?
3 years old
100
Why did the "Other" Wes want to be like Tony?
Wes saw Tony as a role model and wanted to have all the power and money Tony had.
100
Where was Wes Moore's mother born? (She emigrated to the U.S. from ___ with her family when she was very young and had to learn how to fit into American society)
Jamaica
100
When was the "Other" Wes Moore born?
1975
200
Who is Wes‘s older half-sister and who is she named after?
Nikki, Nikki Giovanni
200
What is Wes Moore's career? (List)
American author, businessman, and US Army veteran.
200
Why is the "Other" Wes Moore serving a life sentence?
He was charged with shooting and killing a police officer.
200
Where did Wes move with his family from Baltimore to his grandparents ‘home?
Bronx
200
When was Wes Moore born?
1979
300
Who tried to pursue a college education at Johns Hopkins University in order to better her family, but was unable to continue school due to financial problems because her Pell grant was cut off?
Mary , the "Other" Wes Moore's mother tried to attend college at this renowned Baltimore institution but had to drop out because she could not get this type of grant anymore once Ronald Reagan slashed student aid budgets.
300
What led the police to Tony and Wes in Philadelphia when the police dragnet was over Baltimore in search of the officer's killer?
Expensive watches were offered for sale to a high-level dealer who had made a deal to share information with police, and in a search of another suspect's home, a similar watch was found under the sofa cushions.
300
Why was it hard for the "Other" Wes Moore to find a job?
He had no college, a very small job history, and a criminal background.
300
Where did Joy (Wes Moore's mother) meet her first husband Bill?
Washington, D.C.
300
When was The "Other" Wes Moore put in jail for life?
2000
400
Tony died in prison of kidney failure, never showing repentance.
Who was the other Wes Moore's brother who shot the cop?
400
What did the other Wes Moore make as his final project in carpentry school in Job Corps?
A perfectly finished, detailed little replica of a house for his daughter.
400
What did the school think was wrong with Wes, and how did his mother know that wasn't his real problem?
They said Wes had a learning disability because he didn't retain information in school, but his mom noticed he could remember all the hip hop lyrics to all the songs while riding in the car.
400
Where is the "Other" Wes Moore serving his life sentence?
Jessup, Maryland
400
When did Wes tag walls and get arrested for it but not charged?
1990
500
Who often watched and spoiled the "Other" Wes Moore when Mary (his mother) wanted to go out?
Mamie (His grandmother)
500
What caused Wes Moore's father's death?
Acute epiglottis, a readily treatable throat infection.
500
Why was Wes Moore sent to Valley Forge Military School?
Wes began to act out, have bad grades, and suspensions from school. Desperate to reverse his behavior, his mother sent him to this school.
500
Where did Wes Moore receive the Rhodes scholarship to study?
Oxford
500
When did The "Other" Wes Moore get arrested for selling drugs to a police officer?
1994