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Whale Talk

Whale Talk. Exam Review. T.J. Jones. Main character / narrator Mixed race, athletic, good looking. Simet. English teacher and swim team coach. Chris Coughlin. Brain damaged from mother’s boyfriend wrapping his face in Saran Wrap. Mike Barbour.

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Whale Talk

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  1. Whale Talk Exam Review

  2. T.J. Jones • Main character / narrator • Mixed race, athletic, good looking

  3. Simet • English teacher and swim team coach

  4. Chris Coughlin • Brain damaged from mother’s boyfriend wrapping his face in Saran Wrap

  5. Mike Barbour • High school student who enforces school’s letter jacket policy

  6. Rich Marshall • Leader of alumni group Wolverines Too

  7. Simon DeLong • Weighs 287 pounds

  8. Dan Hole • Uses big words and asks a lot of questions

  9. Jackie Craig • Medium build, brown hair, cut from JV football

  10. What is T.J.’s racial background? • Black, Japanese, and White

  11. Why did T.J. have to be adopted? • His mother got hooked on drugs and could not take care of him.

  12. What are T.J.’s first and middle names? • The Tao

  13. Why hasn’t T.J. gone out for any sports teams in high school? • He doesn’t like being told what to do, and coaches don’t like that.

  14. What team does Simet want to start? • Swimming

  15. What happened to Chris’ older brother? • He was killed in a freak accident in the spring of his senior year.

  16. Why do Mike Barbour and other members of the football team pick on and intimidate Chris? • He wears his dead brother’s letter jacket.

  17. What makes T.J. decide to start the swim team? • It will “kill” Barbour to see Chris earn his own letter jacket.

  18. What solution does T.J. come up with regarding Chris wearing his brother’s letter jacket before he earns his own jacket on the swim team? • T.J. gives Chris a Speedo jacket he can wear to school

  19. The incident between T.J. and Rich Marshall with the baby deer symbolized … • T.J.’s feelings of abandonment from losing his birth mother at a young age.

  20. Why does Oliver Van Zandt live in All Night Fitness? • He cannot afford both a mortgage and college tuition for his son.

  21. How is Oliver helping turn Dan into a “regular guy who’s able to converse with his peers”? • Demands 10 push-ups every time Dan uses a word Oliver doesn’t understand

  22. Why does Georgia think T.J. had so many romantic problems before he met Carly? • Because his biological mother abandoned him, he doesn’t like being left.

  23. What kind of home life does Carly have? • Her father is abusive to both Carly and Carly’s mother.

  24. What does T.J.’s mom do for a living? • She is a lawyer, specializing in child abuse cases.

  25. Who are Heidi’s parents? • Rich and Alicia Marshall

  26. What shocking thing does the swim team learn about Andy Mott on the first day he shows up for swim practice? • He has a prosthetic leg

  27. What does Andy Mott do at the special sports assembly at the beginning of school that gets him suspended? • Gives the middle finger to the crowd

  28. Why does Chris Coughlin’s aunt follow T.J. home one night? • to thank him for taking Chris on the swim team

  29. What are the letter requirements that the Athletic Council approves at the beginning of the swim season? • Anybody who hits his best time each time he swims gets a letter.

  30. What happens when Heidi spills her French fries on the floor at T.J.’s house? • T.J. and his father dump their fries on the floor, too

  31. How did Andy Mott lose his leg? • gangrene

  32. What happens when T.J. leaves the dance to go after Barbour to beat him up for what he did to Kristen Sweetwater? • T.J. gets stopped by the police for speeding and is not able to find Barbour

  33. Why do the coaches of other sports start supporting the swim team, and T.J. in particular? • If T.J. does well Cutter will get points toward the all-sports championship, and Cutter has never won that.

  34. How does the crowd at swim meets react to Chris, and how does he react to them? • Everyone cheers for him, and he blows the crowd kisses

  35. What cruel name did Rich Marshall call T.J.’s dad during their confrontation at the pay phone? • baby killer

  36. Why did T.J. finish last in the two hundred freestyle race at State? • He threw the race so Cutter wouldn’t get more points toward the all-school championship

  37. Why does Heidi scrub her arm with a Brillo pad until she removes skin and bleeds? • Rich told her that she could “take the brown” off of her skin.

  38. How does the Athletic Council decide to settle the letter requirements for the swim team? • a swim-off between Chris and Mike Barbour

  39. Who wins the swim-off? • Chris Coughlin

  40. Who is the only member of the swim team who will not get a letter? • T.J.

  41. What does Chris give T.J. at the end of the season? • his brother’s letter jacket

  42. Who does Rich try to kill at Hoopfest? • Heidi

  43. Who does Rich actually kill at Hoopfest? • T.J.’s dad

  44. What did T.J.’s dad make T.J. promise to do? • not live one moment for revenge

  45. What does T.J. discover about his father? • He and the widow had a child together, but T.J.’s father never knew.

  46. Good Luck on your exam!!!!

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