What are some obstacles that the boys had to overcome to become doctors?
100
The organizational structure of the book
What is chronological by Character?
200
The event that followed after the drug dealer "Bomb" beat another man with Sampson's bat
What is (the reason) Sampson stopped playing spongeball to "Jack some Icees from Jack's" with his friends?
200
The nuns suggested he goes to special education classes so...
Why does Rameck's grandmother want to send him back to his old school?
200
The lady that smelled like mothballs at the opera
Who made Sampson upset for talking about how his school is in the ghetto?
200
Sampson's birthday present he turned down
What is a whooly? (Cocaine)
200
The test to get into University High School?
Where did Sampson and George first met?
300
Stealing a steam cleaner
What did Eddie trick Sampson into?
300
Rameck doesn't know why, but he thinks it might have had something to do a comment one of the Arlington Boys had made earlier.
What starts the fight between Rameck's crew and the Arlington boys?
300
King Kong or Godzilla
Who is better? Doctors or dentists?
300
Ramecks biggest obstacle to success
What is Rameck's impulsiveness?
300
The author's purpose in telling the story
What is to tell the story of three friends who form a pact to success?
400
Naw, that Ain't me
What did Sampson say when he was passed some drugs as a gift for his birthday?
400
Rameck's mother's drugs
What did Rameck's mother spend his $150 for his portfolio on instead of electricity?
400
Mrs. Johnson
Who is the teacher who inspires him to go to college?
400
We had to fight drugs and crime and hopelessness. We had to overcome obstacles like poverty and apathy and violence in our community.
What is evidence to support the theme of the novel?
400
George loves school and usually stays out of trouble; Rameck is smart but he thinks it is hard to stay out of trouble; Sampson is also smart, but worries what his friends think and often ends up in trouble because of them.
How are the character's perspectives different?
500
Sampson's struggles between things like getting easy money from drug deals; and staying out of trouble
What is navigating the narrow road between what is right and what is real?
500
Using Silly String on his teacher
What nearly caused Rameck to be kicked out of the school? (and seriously injured her)
500
Evidence that George is in chapter 8
What is the boy with braces sitting next to Sampson during the entrance exam?
500
Negative images and expectations from outsiders
What is an example of an obstacle George faces?
500
The boys grow up in a rough neighborhood but know they want more than what they "see every day on the blocks."