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Jason ReynoldsA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What game are the boys playing at the beginning of the story?
2. Which character oversees giving everyone else their nickname?
3. At Knit Wit, who steals the yarn? Who then pays for it?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Noodles prefer to sit on Ali’s stoop?
2. How and why did Needles start knitting?
3. How did Ali’s father get arrested?
Paired Resource
“Muhammad Ali Convicted for Refusing the Vietnam Draft”
Reading Check
1. Which young man in the neighborhood is considered the “jackass of all trades, master of none”? (Chapter 5)
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