Discovering Wes Moore Chapter 5

What is a "Plebe?"

• a rookie basketball player

• a freshman in high school

• a skin disease

• a new cadet

How did Sergeant Austin trick Wes?

• Eight teenagers burst in and threw him off his bunk

• He made Wes shine his shoes with saliva

• He gave Wes a fake map to the train station

• He had to 'square the corridor' to exit a building

What did Wes promise his mom?

• Clean his room and her room

• Go to school everyday

• Do better in school

• All of the above

How did Wes' mother pay for military school?

• Grandparents got a job with Shea being "runners"

• Aunt BB forced Leteshia to pay

• Mom got a third job

• The grandparents used their Jamaica savings

Who was Wes speaking of?: "I'd never seen a young man demand that much respect from his peers."

• Colonel Batt

• Cadet Captain Ty Hill

• Sergeant Austin

• Shea "the runner"