The Crossover (AR Test)

When Josh said Dad could get a job, Dad said he ---

• was going to college to finish a teaching degree

• had just bought a thriving sports bar

• was about to rejoin the European league

• had some feelers out there about coaching

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was one thing in the envelope stamped PRIVATE in Mom's closet?

• an old Italian divorce certificate for Dad from his first wife

• a resale shop receipt for Dad's championship ring

• an invitation for Dad to try out for the Los Angeles Lakers

• a photo of JB and Josh's sister, who had died soon after birth

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

It was Josh, not JB, who heard Mom and Dad arguing about ---

• his disinterest in their son's basketball games

• his unwillingness to see a doctor for a checkup

• her assistant principal job and all the overtime it demanded

• her overspending on designer clothes

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

After offering Josh a pita, Mom told him that Grandpop had ---

• promised to help Dad get a job as an NBA coach

• ended a basketball career to enter the ministry

• never gotten around to marrying Josh and JB's grandmother

• suffered from heart disease before dying of a stroke

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What caused Josh to find his "tipping point?"

• pulling a book off a shelf and then seeing JB kissing Ms. Sweet Tea

• cataloguing his CD collection and realizing a Horace Silver CD was missing

• seeing how JB had messed up Josh's always-spotless bedroom

• learning that Mom has tossed out the hatbox containing his dreadlocks.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Josh's mother suspended him from the basketball team after he ---

• embarrassed Vondie by cutting the elastic in the waistband of his shorts

• fired a pass so hard at JB that it sent JB to the hospital

• started a nasty rumor about the player who played "forward" for the Red Rockets

• deliberately tripped an opponent, causing him to break an ankle.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

When Mom asked how Alexis and JB had met, JB talked about ---

• asking for her help at the neighborhood food store

• volunteering with her at the Boys & Girls Club

• saying she was pulchritudinous in the lunchroom

• seeing her try out for the school's cheer squad

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did Josh suggest after Dad said that Santa would give "something extra?"

• checking out a professional basketball team's schedule

• trying out mountain bikes at a bike shop

• stopping at the sneaker store at the mall

• reserving rooms at a hotel with an indoor water park

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Dad doing when he passed out and ended up in a coma?

• having a quick game of one-on-one with Josh

• giving JB a "man-to-man" talk about girls

• arguing with Coach about JB's lack of playing time

• yelling at Vondie for not passing the ball to Josh

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Before Dad dies, he tells JB to

• give Josh the championship ring

• resume jazz piano lessons

• grow some dreadlocks

• set his sights on attending Duke with Josh

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6