The Absolutely True Diary 2

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The Absolutely True Diary 2

Why is Junior called an apple?

1. Because he resembles an apple.
2. Because he likes apples so much.
3. because he is red on the outside but he acts like a white kid.
4. All answers A, B, C are correct

"They call me an apple because they think I'm red on the outside and white on the inside" (132)

Why does Junior say ‘it was like something out of Shakespeare’ (page 142) when he discovers their first game is against Wellpinit?

In his first game against Wellpinit, what happens when Junior enters the gym? How does he react?

1. everybody becomes quiet and turn their back to him except for Rowdy. Junior is mad about this and starts to laugh.
2. everybody starts shouting and calling Junior names. Junior is mad about this and he starts to cry.
3. Everybody ignores Junior and cheers the Wellpinit team. Junior is happy about this.
4. None of the above-mentioned optiones

So we walked through the front and into the loud gym. Which immediately went silent. Absolutely quiet. My fellow tribal members saw me and they all stopped cheering, talking, and moving. I think they stopped breathing. And, then, as one, they all turned their backs on me.

...the only Indian who hadn't turned his back on me was Rowdy.

... I was mad... So I laughed.

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Rowdy smashes his elbow against his head.

someone throws a quarter against him

Junior runs on to the court

Junior has a concussion and he needs to go to the hospital.

At night the Coach visits him in the hospital and they talk all night long.  

His forehead bleeds and the wound needs three stitches

What was the result of the match?

1. The match ended in a draw.
2. Wellpinit ended up winning.
3. Rearden won the match

How did Junior describe his grandmother?
(give one word)

"She was the most amazing person in the world.

Do you want to know the very best thing about my grandmother?

She was tolerant."(154)

Junior's grandmother's last words were "forgive him". What does she mean by that?

1. Forgive the person who killed her.
2. Forgive Junior for leaving the rez.
3. Forgive Junior's father for his excessive drinking.
4. All of the above options

"Did she say anything before she died?" he asked.

"Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive him.' "

"Forgive him?" my father asked.

"I think she was referring to the drunk driver who killed her."

Wow.

My grandmother's last act on earth was a call for forgiveness, love, and tolerance.

What did Junior's father do with Gerald 'the killer'?

1. He strangled Gerald
2. He left Gerald to the justice system.
3. He beat Gerald to death
4. He forced Gerald to leave the rez.

“We all have to find our own way to say goodbye.” How does Junior do this?

1. He got angry and punched a hole in the wall.
2. He wrote his grandmother a letter to put in her coffin.
3. Junior does this when Ted’s story makes everybody laugh

Two thousands Indians laughed at the same time.

We kept laughing.

It was the most glorious noise I'd ever heard.

And I realized that, sure, Indians were drunk and sad and displaced and crazy and mean, but, dang, we

knew how to laugh.

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

How did Eugene die?

1. a drunk friend shot him in the face
2. car accident
3. alcohol poisoning
4. None of the options

What happens in Mrs Jeremy’s class? Why is this so significant to Junior?

In Mrs. Jeremy's class she criticizes Junior for not being on school all the time. All the students drop their books and walk out the class room. This is significant for Junior because he is supported by white kids.

What did Junior do before each basketball game?

1. he froze up
2. he sang a song
3. he cried his eyes out
4. he threw up

Who wins the rematch between Wellpinit and Reardan?

1. Wellpinit
2. Rearden
3. The match ended in a draw.

"I was crying tears of shame"(196)
Why does Junior cry when the game is finished? What does he realise?

"I was crying tears of shame"

And then I realized something...all of the seniors on our team were going to college. All of the guys on our team had their own cars. All of the guys on our team had iPods and cell phones and PSPs and three pairs of blue jeans and ten shirts and mothers and fathers who went to church and had good jobs.

....But I looked over at the Wellpinit Redskins, at Rowdy. I knew that two or three of those Indians might not have eaten breakfast that morning. No food in the house.

I knew that seven or eight of those Indians lived with drunken mothers and fathers. I knew that one of those Indians had a father who dealt crack and meth. I knew two of those Indians had fathers in prison. I knew that none of them was going to college. Not one of them.

How did Mary and her husband die?

1. They died in a car accident
2. They died in a party. They were drunk and fell asleep.
3. They died of alcohol poisoning.
4. They died of strvation. They didn't have enough to eat.

Why does Junior feel responsible in some way for Mary’s death?

I had killed my sister.

Well, I didn't kill her.

But she only got married so quickly and left the rez because I had left the rez first. She was only living in Montana in a cheap trailer house because I had gone to school in Reardan. She had burned to death because I had decided that I wanted to spend my life with white people. It was all my fault.

Why do Junior and Rowdy climb the tree? What does this symbolise?

Do you think Rowdy and Junior will remain friends? Explain.

How ready are you for the exam?

ready

not ready

nervous

It's a piece of cake.