The Gun (Ch 1-2)

In the following excerpt, what does the word seething mean? And every time [Tyray] thought about the fight in the cafeteria, he trembled with rage. Even as the doctor slowly wrapped his wrist, he was seething in silence.

• feeling curious

• feeling amused

• feeling furious

• feeling depressed

In the following excerpt, what does the word extorted mean?Rodney loved sharing in all the cash they extorted from scared students.

• borrowed

• took by force

• returned

• explained

The following words were said by :

“Woman, don’t give me that! . . . You been coddlin’ this boy all his life, and that’s why we got this kind of trouble with him now. I’m glad he’s in pain, understand? Now leave us alone.”

• Ms. Spencer.

• Dad.

• Darrell Mercer.

• Tyray Hobbs.

The following words were said by :

“Tyray, you ain’t nothing but a bully. . . . No one in this school likes you. They are just afraid of you. But you know what? I ain’t afraid of you no more. You don’t scare me.”

• Rodney Banks.

• Lark Collins.

• Darrell Mercer.

• Ms. Spencer.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that:

Tyray was shocked at the smaller boy’s bold words. It was true that Darrell had started acting more confident, especially since he befriended Mr. Mitchell, their nosy English teacher, and joined the Bluford wrestling team. But Darrell was still a coward. Tyray never expected him to stand up for himself.

• Tyray had not expected Darrell to act so boldly.

• Darrell had joined the Bluford wrestling team.

• Darrell had befriended Mr. Mitchell, the nosy English teacher.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that :

Tyray imagined what his father’s reaction would be if he got expelled. Tyray was big, but his father was twice his size. In his high school days, Gil Hobbs was an offensive lineman on the football team, standing a solid six foot four inches and weighing almost three hundred pounds. Tyray knew his father would be furious if he got expelled. He shuddered as he thought of his father’s response to such news.

• Tyray’s father was an offensive lineman on his high-school football team.

• Tyray was big, but his father was twice his size.

• Tyray knew his father would be furious if he got expelled.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that :

Now, Tyray was returning to Bluford for the first time since Ms. Spencer suspended him three days ago. As he got closer to school, he felt a growing sense of dread. The teachers and the principal would be watching his every move. So would the students. Some might even hassle him about losing the fight with Darrell.

• Tyray had been suspended for three days by Ms. Spenser.

• as he got closer to school, Tyray felt a growing sense of dread.

• The teachers and the principal would be watching his every move.

The main idea of the excerpt below is that :

When he was younger, Tyray was also ashamed that he could not get good grades. In middle school, he would often break into a cold sweat before tests. . . . To hide his embarrassment, he practiced the one thing he was good at—bullying. Such behavior stopped other kids from picking on him. By eighth grade, Tyray was so big and tough that he got his way without being school smart.

• when he was younger, Tyray was ashamed he couldn’t get good grades.

• Tyray used to break into a cold sweat before tests in middle school.

• Tyray began bullying kids to make up for being such a poor student.

You can conclude from the following excerpt that :

Just outside Bluford’s thick steel front doors, Tyray adjusted his jacket, careful to conceal the bone- colored cast which now encased his left hand. The pain and cast were constant reminders of the humiliation he suffered four days ago .

• Tyray’s jacket does not fit well.

• Tyray is left-handed.

• Tyray does not want people to notice his cast.

You can conclude from the following excerpt that :

Tyray shrugged, and his father flicked his finger into his face, bruising his lip. Tyray winced in pain. Dad had done this to him many times before. It was the same thing Tyray had done to Darrell when they first met.

• Tyray has learned to be a bully from his father.

• Tyray is only pretending that Dad has hurt his lip.

• Tyray is surprised that his father has hurt him.