Characters
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Vocabulary
100

The main character of THUG, she saw her best friend get shot by a police officer.

Starr Carter

100

What is the name of the neighborhood that Starr grows up in?

Garden Heights

100

Who is the other person that Starr saw get killed when she was 10?

Natasha, her friend. 

100

Who did uncle Carlos fight?

Brian/115

100

What does THUG LIFE stand for?

The Hate U Give Little Infants Fs Everybody

- Tupac

 "what society feeds into you has a way of affecting us all"

200

Who is the mother of Seven and Kenya 

Iesha

200

What is the name of the school Starr and her brothers go too?

Williamson

200

What sort of "joke" did Hailey make to Starr that was racist?

"Hustle! Pretend the ball is some fried chicken. Bet you'll stay on it then" (111). 

200

This character is abusive towards family, has a lot of power in Garden Heights, and threatens Starr.

King

200

What's racial profiling and how is racial profiling shown in THUG?

definition: the use of race or ethnicity to suspecting someone of having committed an offense.

This is seen in THUG by the police murdering Khalil. 

300

Starr’s father, ex-gang member, and owner of the grocery store in Garden Heights

Maverick “Big Mav” Carter 

300

What is Garden Heights known for?


gang violence, police brutality, drugs, poverty, low education

300

Starr talks about being two different Starr's when she’s at home or at school, what does she call the two different versions of herself?

Williamson Starr and Garden Heights Starr

300

Before the fight, what does Hailey say to Starr that ends their friendship?

"...It's not my fault you can't get over what happened to Khalil...He was a drug dealer and a gangbanger...someone was gonna kill him eventually...The cop probably did everyone a favor. One less drug dealer on the-" (341).

300

What is code- switching?

Shifting from one language or dialect to another, depending on the social context or conversational setting

400

Leader of the gang in Garden Heights

King 

400

Who did Starr’s house belong to before it belonged to Starr and her family?

Her Nana

400

Starr was given two talks, one was about the ‘birds and the bees’ and the other was about what?

what to do if you get stopped by a cop

400

After watching the interview of Brian's father's, what does Hailey say about Brian? 

"His son lost everything because he was trying to do his job and protect himself. His life matters too, you know" (248).

400

Which types of systemic racism is shown in the The Hate U Give? 

(minimum of three types of systemic racism)

- Police brutality and racial profiling

- Housing discrimination

- Stereotypes

- Education

- Health

- Legal system bias

500

The cop who murdered Khalil

Brian/115
500

What is the name of the neighborhood that uncle Carlos lives in?

Riverston Hills

500

What did Big Mav teach Starr and Seven to recite 

The Black Panther party's ten-point program

500

Why does Starr refuse to join her classmates in the protest against Khalil’s death?

She realizes that they didn't really care about Kahlil, it was a reason to get out of class.

500

What's white supremacy? 

Give an example of white supremacy from THUG.

White supremacy: the belief that the white race is superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races

Example:

- The police officer not facing chargers over Khalil's murder

- Chris's conversation of "normal sounding names" 

- Hailey's racist comments/thoughts

- Starr going to a majority white school

- How Starr is treated in Williamson Prep. White people culture appropriating her.

- Trauma's that Starr experienced (her mental health is impacted by what she has witness and where she lives)