Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-6

Reading Check

1. Why is Moss and Esperanza’s train from the mall back to West Oakland delayed?

2. What is the name of the handsome paramedic that attends to Moss in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Moss’s mother (Wanda) work?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Moss’s friendship group represent a number of marginalized identities and experiences? Name at least two of the friends in your response.

2. In Chapter 6, why does Shamika tell Moss that he should marry Diego “right now”?

3. In Chapters 1-6, what is an example of how violence is normalized for Moss and his friends?

Paired Resource

“How ‘Twilight’ Changed Mark Oshiro’s Life”

• In this brief interview with Den of Geek, Mark Oshiro discusses Anger Is a Gift and how the vampire cult classic franchise Twilight changed his life.
• In Oshiro’s take of Twilight, he mentions how the series Angered him in certain ways.
• Are you at all surprised to learn about Oshiro’s take on Twilight? Why or why not?

CHAPTERS 7-13