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Questions and Answers
What event caused the narrator to feel like the ground opened up and ate them?
What event caused the narrator to feel like the ground opened up and ate them?
- The screaming of Leticia, Shawn's girlfriend, after Shawn was killed
- The sound of shots followed by everyone running and hiding (correct)
- The constant slipping of the tongue into the empty space where a tooth used to be
- The day before yesterday conversation with Tony about growing taller
What does the narrator mention as something that always happens when someone is killed in their neighborhood?
What does the narrator mention as something that always happens when someone is killed in their neighborhood?
- Lots and lots of sirens howling (correct)
- Moaning of the narrator's mom hanging over the brother's body
- The constant slipping of the tongue into the empty space where a tooth used to be
- People asking a lot of questions
What did Tony hope for during the conversation about growing taller?
What did Tony hope for during the conversation about growing taller?
- To become the best ballplayer in the neighborhood
- To stop being the shortest among their peers (correct)
- To receive clothes from Shawn who had grown taller
- To be able to jump high like fly
Who is mentioned as hoping their voice would somehow keep Shawn alive after he was killed?
Who is mentioned as hoping their voice would somehow keep Shawn alive after he was killed?
What did the narrator's mom express while hanging over the brother's body after Shawn was killed?
What did the narrator's mom express while hanging over the brother's body after Shawn was killed?
What is the narrator's name?
What is the narrator's name?
Who is the narrator referring to as 'Shawn'?
Who is the narrator referring to as 'Shawn'?
What happened to Shawn the day before yesterday?
What happened to Shawn the day before yesterday?
What is the narrator's feeling about the incident with Shawn?
What is the narrator's feeling about the incident with Shawn?
Why does the narrator mention a stranger gripping a tooth with pliers?
Why does the narrator mention a stranger gripping a tooth with pliers?
What did Will and his friend Tony hear the day before Shawn got hurt?
What did Will and his friend Tony hear the day before Shawn got hurt?
What did Will find in the middle drawer of his bedroom?
What did Will find in the middle drawer of his bedroom?
Who was hurt really badly and passed away?
Who was hurt really badly and passed away?
What did Will's mom say when Shawn got hurt?
What did Will's mom say when Shawn got hurt?
What did the neighborhood kids do with the yellow tape put up after the incident?
What did the neighborhood kids do with the yellow tape put up after the incident?
Where did Shawn hide things in the bedroom?
Where did Shawn hide things in the bedroom?
What did Will think might have hurt Shawn?
What did Will think might have hurt Shawn?
How did Will describe Shawn's side of the bedroom?
How did Will describe Shawn's side of the bedroom?
What did Will feel like when Shawn got hurt?
What did Will feel like when Shawn got hurt?
What did Will think might be hurting everyone, based on what he saw?
What did Will think might be hurting everyone, based on what he saw?
