2. 1. WHAT DETAILS DOES JAY LEARN ABOUT
THE BLACKOUT FROM HIS FRIENDS?
• NO ONE HAD HEARD ABOUT A DRUG BUST OR A BRAWL
• THE ONLY WEAPONS ANYONE HAD SEEN BELONGED TO THE COPS
• WAS THERE A BOMB?
• EVERY EXIT IN THE SCHOOL WAS BLOCKED OFF
• EVERYBODY WAS SEARCHED BEFORE THEY LEFT THE SCHOOL
• THE COPS HAD SEARCHED THE WHOLE SCHOOL LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC PEOPLE
• ONLY ONE STUDENT HAD BEEN ARRESTED
• THEY DIDN’T KNOW THE KID WHO HAD BEEN ARRESTED
3. 2. DESCRIBE THE SCENE IN THE CAFETERIA.
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9. F) ASIAN KIDS WEARING BANDANA’S ,
BACKWARDS BASEBALL CAPS AND
BASKETBALL JERSEYS
10. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
• AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
• ASSASSINATED IN 1968
• BELIEVED IN NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS
• WON A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
• MADE MANY SPEECHES INCLUDING FAMOUS
“I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH IN WHICH HE WISHED
FOR EQUALITY REGARDLESS OF RACE
• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY HELD ON JAN. 10TH IN THE U.S.A.
11. WHY DOES JAY ALLUDE TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING?
• MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WISHED IN HIS “I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH” THAT
EVERYONE WOULD BE EQUAL.
• BASICALLY HE HOPED THAT ANYONE COULD SIT ANYWHERE AND WITH ANYONE,
YET AT JAY AND HAROON’S HIGH SCHOOL THE STUDENTS ONLY SEEM TO SIT
WITH STUDENTS LIKE THEMSELVES. THEY DON’T MIX WITH OTHER GROUPS.
• THIS MAY HAVE BEEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR’S HOPE BUT IT DOESN’T SEEM TO
BE THE CASE IN THIS HIGH SCHOOL. “AT THIS SCHOOL, THE KIDS WERE WIDE-
AWAKE AND WIDE APART.” PAGE 32
12. 3. WHAT DETAILS DO WE LEARN ABOUT
KEVIN ON PAGE 33?
• HE DOESN’T LIKE TO MISS FOOTBALL PRACTICES
• HE LOOKS AT THE QUALITY OF PLAY NOT THE SCORE WHEN RATING A
FOOTBALL GAME
• HE BELIEVES A CAPTAIN’S JOB IS TO DEMAND THE BEST FROM EVERYBODY,
EVERY GAME
• KEVIN IS POPULAR AND BEING HIS FRIEND IS A GOOD THING
• KEVIN DRIVES A COOL BMW CAR WITH A KILLER SOUND SYSTEM
• HIS FAMILY IS RICH
13. 4. WHAT DOES JAY LEARN ABOUT THE
LOCKDOWN WHEN HE GETS HOME FROM
SCHOOL?
• THE KID THE POLICE ARRESTED AT SCHOOL IS ACCUSED OF BEING PART OF A
TERRORIST CELL
• SEVENTEEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
• THE TERRORIST CELLS ALLEGEDLY PLANNED TO BLOW UP SCHOOLS,
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, AND THE SUBWAY
14. 5. WHAT INFORMATION DO THE POLICE TELL
THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DAY’S EVENTS?
• THE LOCAL POLICE AND FEDERAL FORCES MADE A SERIES OF COORDINATED
RAIDS
• THE POLICE ARRESTED MEMBERS OF FOUR TERRORIST CELLS
• OVER SIX MONTHS THE POLICE HAD BEEN WATCHING THESE SUSPECTS
• THAT MORNING TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED WHO HAD TRIED TO BUY
FERTILIZER, OF THE TYPE USED TO MAKE BOMBS, AND HAD A LIST OF TARGETS
• THE POLICE BELIEVE THE SUSPECTS WERE RECRUITING AND TRAINING MORE
TERRORISTS
15. • ALL SUSPECTS ARE CITIZENS OF CANADA
• THE POLICE BELIEVE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO AL QAEDA
• THE POLICE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THEIR INTERNET USE
• THE POLICE REPLACED THE CHEMICAL THEY TRIED TO BUY WITH SOMETHING
HARMLESS
• THE POLICE ARE NOT GIVING OUT ANYMORE INFORMATION SO THE
INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPROMISED AND THE ACCUSED GET A FAIR HEARING
IN COURT
16. 6. WHO DOES JAY RECOGNIZE ON TV AND
WHAT ARE HIS THOUGHTS?
• HE RECOGNIZES HAROON
• HE DOESN’T THINK HAROON IS A TERRORIST BECAUSE:
A) HAROON’S IN HIS GEOGRAPHY CLASS
B) HAROON’S REALLY QUIET IN CLASS
C) THE POLICE LET HAROON GO
