WRITING MY WRONGS

WHEN DID THE NARRATOR LEAVE HIS HOME?

• AT 19 YEARS OLD

• AT 14 YEARS OLD

• WHEN HIS PARENTS SEPARATED

• NONE OF THE CHOICES ABOVE

What EVENTS DURING SHAKA'S CHILDHOOD RESULTED IN HIM TURNING TO SELLING DRUGS?

• HE WAS BORED

• HIS SISTER WAS A PROSTITUTE AND SHE WAS LOCKED UP AND HE NEEDED TO HELP BAIL HER OUT

• HE WAS LOCKED UP AND CAME OUT WITH NO WHERE TO GO

• HE LEFT HOME AND DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND BECAME HOMELESS.

What traumatic experience changed the narrator?

• His uncle passing away

• his sister passed away

• his parents separating and father leaving the home

• none of the choices above

What is the definition of Trauma?

• None of the options listed below.

• a deeply disturbing event such as abuse, abandonment can lead to anxiety and it can lead to self esteem issues

• It is a term made up by therapists

• both the 2nd and third response

Shaka compared his neighborhood to a tree bearing fruit what literary device was he using?

• personification

• metaphor

• similie

• none of the choices listed above

There are several themes addressed in the novel Identify one that is NOT mentioned

• Innocence of Childhood

• Our Common Thread

• Unpacking Trauma

• sexual abuse

What does the term redemption mean?

• None of the choices listed below

• incarceration

• castration

• a second chance

There are multiple settings in the novel list two

• Wayne County Jail and a juvenile home

• Wayne County Jail and Shaka's home

• The crack house and school

• none of these choices

When did Shaka become a drug dealer?

• 18 yr old

• 15 yrs old

• 14 years old

• None of the choices above

Who is Miko?

• His brother

• His brother

• The neighborhood drug king pin

• His best friend