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Amirra Ellis
Ms.Wells
English II
December 19, 2023
Chapter 21 – 26 Reading Questions
1. What are the Carter family and their friends celebrating? Sevens birthday and
graduation.
2. What choice does DeVante have to think about? How he’s going to get out of
drugs and crime
3. How are Starr’s two worlds beginning to mix and how is she dealing with it? Starr
worries feels her Garden Heights and Williamson worlds colliding and
worries about acting too “black” or too “white” for either group things
are tense at first.
4. Who shows up uninvited and how does the visit go? Iesha and Lyric Seven stood
up against his mom telling her how he is so ashamed of her.
5. How did Big Mav choose names for his children?
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6. How is the new neighborhood different from Garden Heights? It’s a safer
neighborhood
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7. Why does Chris reject Starr when she wants to go physical further than they have
previously? He wants to have sex with her, but not when she’s in a bad
mental state.
8. When Seven calls, what is he worried about? Where DeVante is
9. How does Starr finally show that she trusts Chris fully and completely? She asks
Chris if he thinks the jury will indict One-Fifteen and why he isn't dating
a white girl
10. What’s happening at Kenya’s house when Seven, Starr, and Chris arrive? In what state is
DeVante? DeVante is tied up and beaten.
11. How did Iesha help Seven, Starr, and Chris? What does this show the reader
about her character and the way she shows love to her children? She helps them
escape by distracting King. This shows that what seven said got to her
and she’s finally willing to change for her kids
12. What was the Grand Jury’s decision? The Grand Jury decided not to indict Officer
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13. How does Garden Heights react to the Grand Jury’s decision? They want to Riot
14. How does Angie Thomas show the continuation of a cycle of hate? In other
words, how has Khali's death created a chain reaction of violence and negativity? How
are the riots in Garden Heights getting out of hand? There hasn't been any
agreement or understanding so the hate just keeps getting thrown
back and forth like a cycle Members of both gangs stand on a police
car shouting. People attack the car as the crowd raps along to “F**k
the Police.
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15. On the way to the store, Starr, Seven, DeVante, and Chris talk and joke about racial
differences. How would you describe this conversation? I would describe it as a
random conversation, but Chris was just curious and really concerned.
16. To get around a roadblock what route will they have to take? Why is this problematic?
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17. What problem does Seven's car have? How do they try to solve this?
18. Who is leading the protest they encounter?
19. How does Star use her weapon?"
20. What do the police use to disperse the protest? What does Starr do with it?
21. Angie Thomas takes much inspiration from real life. Off of what group or movement do
you think Just Us for Justice is based?
22. As everyone is running from the protest, who picks up Seven, Starr, Chris, and DeVante?
Who else is in the truck?
23. As they drive, Starr sees the neighborhood. What is happening to it?
24. Where are Starr, Seven, Chris, and DeVante dropped off?
25. At the very end of the chapter, what lands on the floor?
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26. How are Starr, Seven, Chris, and DeVante trapped?
27. Who walks by outside? Who else shows up to help?
28. How does the whole neighborhood show up to help? What does this show the
reader about the true nature of Garden Heights?
29. Who's responsible for destroying Big Mav tore?
30. What does Big Mav do that is out of character for him? What does this inspire the rest
of the neighborhood to do?
31. How does the relationship between Big Mav and Chris evolve?
32. What happens to King? How does DeVante help make sure he won't harm the
neighborhood again?
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