THUG chapter 4

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Chapter 4

What is Uncle Carlos's profession?

1. He is a civil servant
2. He is a drug dealer
3. He is a shop owner
4. He is a police detective

What does uncle Carlos suggest about Starr?

1. That she will speak to the police detectives.
2. That she will keep quiet about being a witness
3. That she will go to the media and tell her story
4. That she will come to stay at his house for a while

What is said about the role uncle Carlos played in Starr's life when her father was in prison?

Who is Ms. Rosalie?

1. Khalil's mother
2. Khalil's sister
3. Khalil's grandmother
4. Khalil's aunt

Why was Starr at Ms Rosalie's house almost as much as she was at her own house?

What is correct about Khalil?

1. He sold drugs and liked the money too much to stop doing it
2. He sold drugs and wanted to stop
3. He sold drugs because of the money
4. He didn't sell drugs, he bought it for his mother

In this chapter they discuss whether in the case of shooting Khalil it mattered that he was a drug dealer or not.
What do you think?

I think that it makes me feel less sorry for his friends and family

I think it matters, because all drug dealers are bad.

I think it doesn't matter what he did, but who he was as a person.

I don't think it matters; it was the police officer who was wrong.

I'm not sure what to think of it.

Author of the novel

What inspired Angie Thomas to write this novel?

Listen to what she says about that 

and what is said about her own childhood.

What are similarities between Angie Thomas's childhood and that of Starr's?

Chapter 5

Continue reading. 

Friday 13 October: read chapters 5 and 6