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Vocabulary
Major Characters
Minor Characters
Major Events
Miscellaneous
100
It means "practical" or "useful."
What is UTILITARIAN?
100
This unlikely pairing of two characters are mentioned at the same time as the first reference to the Suder Elementary spelling bee.
Who are Rickey and Pharoah?
100
She is LaJoe's best friend.
Who is Rochelle?
100
This student ends up in second place in a second attempt at the school spelling bee.
Who is Pharoah?
100
This is the author's first and last name, spelled correctly and pronounced correctly.
What is ALEX KOTLOWITZ?
200
In this period of American history, the sale of alcohol was banned.
What is Prohibition?
200
The third child of LaJoe Rivers.
Who is Terence Rivers?
200
These are the names of two of the three triplets in the Rivers family.
Who are Timmy, Tammie, or Tiffany?
200
This character ends up dropping out of private school but tries to succeed anyway and graduates 8th grade.
Who is Lafeyette?
200
Even though TANCH is a nonfiction book, we've been talking about this structure to illustrate how even nonfiction books can read as stories.
What is narrative structure?
300
You left an ____________ mark on my soul — I will never be able to forget you.
What is INDELIBLE?
300
This character longs for and seeks places of refuge and safety throughout the book, finding it at another apartment complex and at railroad tracks.
Who is Pharoah Rivers?
300
This character had several children before graduating from high school.
Who is Dawn/D'won?
300
Lafeyette is in juvenile court because he did this.
What is the (alleged) vandalism of someone's truck?
300
This is the middle (and the peak) of the narrative structure.
What is the climax?
400
Lafeyette would have been LaJoe's ______________ if she died earlier than expected.
What is BENEFICIARY?
400
In order to help with household costs, this character will often gamble at nighttime games.
Who is LaJoe Rivers?
400
This character, who ran away from the police because of an incident involving cookies, was shot and killed by a cop.
Who is Craig Davis?
400
In this event, the mother never gets a final, conclusive report about the death of her child.
What is the shooting of Craig Davis?
400
This is the beginning of the narrative structure.
What is exposition?
500
These vocab words mean "strength," "a mixture of sounds/unpleasant noise," and "said to be; alleged"
What is METTLE, CACOPHONY and REPUTED?
500
Anne Rhodes' defense of this character lead to a surprising loss in court and to this character's forced community service.
Who is Lafeyette Rivers?
500
They are the defending attorneys for Lafeyette and Terence (first and last names, and tell who is the lawyer for which brother)
Who are Anne Rhodes (Lafeyette) and Audrey Natcone (Terence)?
500
The findings in the basement revealed this about the Chicago Housing Authority.
What is the inefficiency of the CHA?
500
These are called non-fiction structures (name 3 of 5)
What is compare and contrast, cause and effect, problem and solution, sequence and order, and description?