The Crossover Questions and Answers

Question 1

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What holiday does the family celebrate in Dad's hospital room?

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Asked by carmaa w #781857

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 8:22 PM

Question 2

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How is loss an important theme in the book?

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Asked by izabella f #687793

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 8:20 PM

Question 3

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Asked by izabella f #687793

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 8:19 PM

Question 4

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Describe what happened to Josh's dad, give specific evidence from the poems "when we get to the court and at noon, in the gym with dad.

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Asked by Lakelsi D #679466

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 7:15 PM

Question 5

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What does the doctor say Mr. Bell should be doing with his sons soon?

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Asked by Brianna A #673780

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 7:12 PM

Question 6

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The Crossover Quotes

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Asked by hahahah l #612561

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 7/9/2021 7:09 PM

Question 7

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Cross over

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Asked by Alisha F #1163088

Last updated by Aslan on 7/8/2021 7:16 PM

Question 8

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How are Josh and Jordan different as basketball players

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Asked by Marlie R #802217

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:30 AM

Question 9

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what happens as josh and his dad ask each other questions?

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Asked by Jeremiah r #961135

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:29 AM

Question 10

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What jersey number is josh

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Asked by Aaron N #863563

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:24 AM

Question 11

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Which quotation from “Is Survival Selfish?” connects most closely to a central idea from “The End and The Beginning”?

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Asked by Abraham Pulido P #1102789

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:24 AM

Question 12

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Imagery

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Asked by Brendon K #1005170

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:22 AM

Question 13

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Why does Jordan say, If we didn’t love each other, we’d hate each other”

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Asked by Grace C #1009155

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:21 AM

Question 14

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What is the main character struggling with in this story? What complications prevent the character from immediately solving the problem?

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Asked by Kobe #1086665

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:20 AM

Question 15

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What's the dad real name?

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Asked by destiny H #1125552

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:19 AM

Question 16

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What does Josh and Jordan’s dad lecture them about? Why do you think he does this?

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Asked by Nishimwe C #1137190

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:19 AM

Question 17

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How does the author use the text structure in the poem, “I don’t think I’ll ever get used to,” to convey its meaning and tone/mood?

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Asked by Nishimwe C #1137190

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:18 AM

Question 18

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n the poem “Questions” Josh asks his dad not to call him “Filthy”? Why do you think he does this? What does this symbolize?

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Asked by Nishimwe C #1137190

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/20/2021 2:17 AM

Question 19

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How does the author use language to personify “funerals” in the poem, “Where Do We Go from Here?

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Asked by Nishimwe C #1137190

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/11/2021 2:31 AM

Question 20

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Why does the author end the novel the way he does

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Asked by Nishimwe C #1137190

Last updated by Haewon Y #970790 on 6/11/2021 2:30 AM

Question 21

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explain who you believe Kwame Alexander’s target audience for The Crossover is. Do you think the style of the novel appeals to his target audience? Why or why not? Use one detail from the interview as well as one piece of text evidence from the “Warm-Up”

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Asked by jose b #1156866

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 6/5/2021 3:27 AM

Question 22

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I'm what ways is Josh's world more complex than the adults give him credit for

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Asked by Sylena K #1152780

Last updated by Aslan on 5/23/2021 12:33 AM

Question 23

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in the novel the cross over when did jbs dad have a heart attack

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Asked by emma a #1151138

Last updated by Aslan on 5/18/2021 8:13 PM

Question 24

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Mythical manchild

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Asked by Savannah Y #1149284

Last updated by Aslan on 5/13/2021 2:42 PM

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