THUG CH1. CH2 CH3. Summary Quiz

How is Starr different from others who live in her neighborhood? (There are two answers)

• Starr goes to Williamson, a school that is forty-five minutes away.

• Starr goes to Garden Heights, the school in her neighbourhood.

• When Starr meets up with Khalil, she is happy to mingle, drink alcohol and she is having a good time.

• When Starr meets up with Khalil, she is happy to leave the party because she is not mingling, drinking alcohol or having a good time.

What does Starr have in common with people who live in her neighbourhood?

• She attends the high school in her neighbourhood, Wiliamson Prep.

• She doesn't care too much what people think of her or what they wear or say about her.

• She wants to be “cool”. She cares about her sneakers. (She really likes the Jordans she is wearing and she notices the footwear of other people, too.)

• She attends the high school in her neighbourhood, Garden Heights.

How are Starr and Khalil connected?

• Khalil works for King, they just met at the party and he was her first kiss.

• Starr works for King, they are childhood friends and he was her first kiss.

• Khalil works part-time for Maverick, they are childhood friends and he was her first kiss.

• Starr works part-time for Khalil's Mum, they both attend Williamson Prep and he was her first kiss.

Why did Khalil feel like he had to make more money?

• His grandma lost her job, so he has to support his whole family. His mum is not really around, either.

• So that he can party more and not have to go to school.

• His mum lost her job, so he has to support his whole family. His grandma is not really around, either.

• So that he can take Starr out to a nice restaurant.

Khalil uses Tupac's song to make his point about life and the way society treats children. What point is he trying to share with Starr?

• He thinks that adults give back what they receive. He thinks that since adults dump on the children all the time they grow up to be hateful in return.

• He thinks that the police give back what they receive. He thinks that since the police dump on the children all the time they grow up to be hateful in return.

• He thinks that the parents give back what they receive. He thinks that since children dump on their parents all the time they grow up to be hateful in return.

• He thinks that children give back what they receive. He thinks that since society dumps on the children all the time they grow up to be hateful in return.

What kind of narrator (point of view) is used in the novel?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• First and Third person

“Suddenly I’m Eve in the Garden after she ate the fruit—it’s like I realize I’m naked.” (2 part answer) -

1. What type of aesthetic feature (figurative language) is this quote?

We know that Starr is not really, naked ...

2. Why does she have this thought?

• 1. simile - 2. Starr is at a party where she does not feel like herself and she feels totally alone.
• 1. personification - 2. Starr felt like she has shed her skin.
• 1. metaphor - 2. Starr was comparing herself to the apple in the Garden of Eden and how sweet the party was.
• 1. alliteration - 2. Starr repeated the letter I because the story is in first person.

When the shots ring out, Starr doesn’t stop to see who was shot or who did the shooting... What did she say to allow the reader to understand her feelings about the situation?

• She says, “We can run and tell the police.”

• She says, “This party is crazy out of control.”

• She says, “You can’t snitch if you don’t know anything.”

• She says, You can’t snitch or people will get in trouble.”

What does the acronym T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E. mean?

• That in society, If you treat someone with hate they won't show other people hate.

• That society is to blame for all the problems in the world.

• That if you give children love in society they will hate everyone anyway.

• That in society children become in later life what they experience as children.

When Starr was twelve years old, her parents sat her down and gave her two very different talks. What were they?

• The first was how to brush her teeth. The second was how to keep her room tidy.

• The first talk was about “the birds and the bees”. The second talk was what to do if a cop stopped her.

• The first was to make a lot of money. The second was to always respect your parents.

• The first was about how to 'code switch'. The second was how to avoid gangbangers.