Hate U Give

Question 1

Describe Starr Carter

Answer 1

She is the protagonist in the book who witnessed the unfair death of Khalil Harris by Officer 115 and advocates for the officer to be charged for his death.

Question 2

Describe Khalil Harris

Answer 2

Starr’s childhood best friend and crush who was unjustly shot 3 times by officer 115 / was considered a drug dealer and a part of the King Lords. Wasn’t part of the gang, but only dealth with drugs to save his mother.

Question 3

Describe Maverick Carter

Answer 3

Starr’s dad who encourages her to speak out on the incident. Was involved in drug dealing and gangbanging, but wanted to be with his kids after going to jail, so he stop. Advocated in not doing drugs and not participating in violence.

Question 4

Describe Lisa Carter

Answer 4

Starr’s mom who supported Starr throughout her journey in speaking out and helped Starr when she was dealing with conflicts.

Question 5

Describe Uncle Carlos

Answer 5

A 2nd father to Starr and he took care of her when she was younger, while Maverick was in jail. Advised her and supported her throughout her journey from a police perspective since he is a detective.

Question 6

Describe Seven Carter

Answer 6

Starr’s older brother who was on Starr’s side throughout and is very overprotective of her. Was mature for his age dealing with issues from King in his family (Iesha, Lyric, Kenya).

Question 7

Describe King

Answer 7

The gang leader of the King Lords who deals with drugs. Very Abusive towards his family and was against Starr because she snitched on him, while advocating for Khalil. Eventually went to jail for arson and drugs.

Question 8

Describe Chris

Answer 8

Starr’s boyfriend who wants to be more involved in Starr’s life in Garden Heights and advocating for Khalil’s death.

Question 9

Describe Officer 115

Answer 9

The officer who made assumptions about Khalil, and shot him 3 times at a traffic shop which was supposed to be for a broken taillight. Represents police brutality.

Question 10

Describe Devante

Answer 10

a teenager in Garden Heights who wanted to escape gangbanging and drug dealing. The carter family helped him achieve this goal by helping him to overcome King’s obstacles.

Question 11

Describe Hailey

Answer 11

Starr’s friend from Williamson who is against Starr’s journey for advocating for Khalil’s death because she felt the officer had a good reason for shooting him. Shown racial tendencies.

Question 12

Describe Kenya

Answer 12

Seven’s stepsister and one of Starr’s only friends in Garden Heights who motivates Starr to speak out about the incident. Very confrontational and deals with issues with her stepfather King

Question 13

Describe Maya

Answer 13

Starr’s friend from Williamson who supports Starr when dealing with with Hailey and they both create a minority group against her.

Question 14

Describe Mr. Lewis

Answer 14

a miserable old man who owns the barbershop next door to the shop who thinks that Khalil’s death was justified and snitched on King. Saved Starr, Seven, Chris and DeVante from the burning store and gave Maverick a part of his shop

Question 15

Describe April Ofrah

Answer 15

is a part for Just Us for Justice and was Starr’s lawyer who protected her rights, but encouraged her to speak out correctly

Question 16

Describe Sekani

Answer 16

Starr’s little brother, who didn’t really know about the incident, who treated Starr normally.

Question 17

Describe Iesha

Answer 17

Seven’s mother who is being controlled by King. Maverick cheated on Lisa with her. Puts her relationship with King first instead on the rest of her family.

Question 18

Describe Natasha

Answer 18

Starr’s childhood friend who got shot at a drive by shooting when she was 10 years old, while playing by a busted fire hydrant.

Question 19

Describe Mrs. Rosalie

Answer 19

Khalil’s grandmother who took care of Starr when she was younger. More of a Motherly figure for Khalil compared to his mother.

Question 20

Starr tells us that there are two Starr Carters. What does she mean by this. Why does there need to be two Starrs?

Answer 20

• Means that she needs two versions of herself when she’s around her close friends and her boyfriend in Willamson and when she is around some friends and her family in Garden Heights
• Willamson Starr- diluted version of herself because she goes to a white school and can’t be her regular self without being judged/ racialized
• Willamson Starr doesn’t use any slang (unlike home), holds her tongue so she won’t be considered an angry black girl, and is approachable and non confrontational so she wouldn’t be called hpod.

Question 21

What happened to Starr’s friend Natasha when they were ten years old?

Answer 21

• When they were 10 years old, a fire hydrant busted on Elm Street (became a free waterpark)
• While they were playing in the water, a car came with someone with a tatooed arm by the back window holding a glock.
• Everyone ran including Starr who hid behind a rosebush, except Natasha
• She got shot and was bleeding in the water until she died

Question 22

Why did Maverick go to prison?

Answer 22

• King and Maverick got caught doing a pickup of drugs when he was apart of the King Lords.
• The cops wanted to know who the weapons belonged to, but if it was King’s he would have been a life sentence in jail
• He already had 3 striked, so Maverick sacrificed himself.

Question 23

Who took care of Starr when Maverick was at prison?

Answer 23

• Uncle Carlos took care of Starr
• A lot of her 1st memories included her uncle because Maverick left when she was 3 years old and came back when she was 6.
• Even asked Carlos if she can call him daddy but he said no because Maverick was her real dad and it would be hurtful for Maverick.

Question 24

What happened that caused Starr and Khalil to leave the party together?

Answer 24

• There was a shooting at the party between
  Devante’s brother Dalvin and some Garden Disciples
• They didn’t want to be shot accidentally

Question 25

Explain in detail, what happened to Khalil?

Answer 25

* When Khalil was pulled over, he was hesitant to pull over his driving license, insurance, and registration and was disrespectful towards the officer. * Starr pleads to Khalil to listen to the officer and he finally gave the officer the documents. * The officer asked where they come from, but Khalil said none of your business. * Khalil asked again why he was pulled over, and the officer said a broken tailight. * Khalil gave him attitude again, asking for a ticket and the officer asks and pulls him put of the car. * He was pat down 3 times. * He didn't find anything and told Khalil to stay where he was * Khalil left to ask Starr if she was okay, and was shot 3 times after in the back

Question 26

How do all the news reports describe Khalil when they talk about him?

Answer 26

* They mention him as a suspected drug dealer but not the fact that he was unarmed. * Also said that they are still investigating even after they questioned Starr (unidentified witness)

Question 27

Why hasn't Starr introduced her boyfriend Chris to Maverick?

Answer 27

* Chris was white and everytime her father finds out someone black was dating someone black, something is suddenly wrong with them. * Starr doesn't want Maverick to look at her like that

Question 28

Why did Hailey unfollow Starr's tumblr? What might this tell us about Hailey?

Answer 28

* She didn't want to see that shit on her dashboard which included all black lives awareness posts * Reveals that she has racial tendencies.

Question 29

What organization does April Ofrah work for? What is the purpose of this organization?

Answer 29

* Just Us for Justice * Purpose: To advocate for police accountability in Garden Heights

Question 30

Why did King beat up DeVante?

Answer 30

* DeVante stole 5 thousand dollars from King to move his family out of Garden Heights. * He was supposed to fight the Garden Disciples who killed his brother. * DeVante broke the promise and didn't want to kill the dudes because they killed his brother and was scared of what they can do to him

Question 31

Explain what happend when King walked into Khalil's funeral? What does this event tells us about Garden Heights?

Answer 31

* He went to Khalil's body and placed a gray bandana on his body. * Signifies that he was a King Lord * This event tells us that he made some mistakes to save his mother Brenda

Question 32

What was the decision of the grand jury regarding Khalil's death? How did the people of Garden Heigts respond?

Answer 32

* decided not to indict Officer 115 (Brian Cruise) responsible for Khalil's death * The people in the neighbourhood were passionate about the issue with protests and riots (damaging the neighbourhood significantly) against the police.

Question 33

How specifically did Maverick's tore burn down?

Answer 33

* Burnt with a glass bottle with a flaming cloth. * Thrown on the floor by King at the front of the store. * They didn't really care if the store burnt down because they only care about Seven, Chris, DeVante and Starr being safe. * The neighbours bought buckets of water to eliminate the fire and firefighters came.

Question 34

Explain how King was ultimately arrested. What did DeVante decide to do in order to keep King in Jail?

Answer 34

* Arrested because he set the store on fire basically arson. * Everyone in the neighbourhood including the crowd that gathered snitched and said that King started the fire. * DeVante decided to become a snitch (a witness) by revealing the location of King's drug stash?

Question 35

What are the two types of codes switching?

Answer 35

Linguistics, and Sociolingustics

Question 36

What is one definition of code switching?

Answer 36

The modifying of one's behavior, appearance to adapt to different sociocultural norms

Question 37

What is linguistics?

Answer 37

The alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse.

Question 38

What is sociolingustics?

Answer 38

The use of one dialect, register, accent, or language variety over another depending on social and cultural context to project a specific identity

Question 39

What is Double Consciousness

Answer 39

The feeling that you have more than 1 social identity which makes it difficult to develop a sense of self

Question 40

What is the Black Panther Party?

Answer 40

Was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The goal of the party was to work for the right of self defense by African Americans and believed that violence and threat was needed to bring social change. The members were involved in several shootouts with the police and was considered a threat by the US government.

Question 41

What is BIPOC?

Answer 41

Acronym for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. It aims to build authentic and lasting solidarity among Black, Indigenous, and people of colour in order to undo Native Invisibility, anti blackness, dismantle white supremacy, and advance racial justice.

Question 42

THUG LIFE

Answer 42

Acronym for The Hate U give Little Infants Fs Everybody

Question 43

What is Activism?

Answer 43

When people take action to promote or bring about social or political change. It can involve campaigning and protecting for what is right. Activism urges people to pursue the public good above the narrower interests of their private lives to change the world for the better.

Question 44

What are the 5 themes in the book?

Answer 44

* Identity * Police Brutality * Racism * Flowers (apparently) * Protesting * Community

Question 45

How is the identity theme show in the book

Answer 45

Showed how Starr had two identities in School and with close family and friends, Williamson Starr and regular Starr

Question 46

How is the theme of police brutality shown in the book?

Answer 46

Police brutality was represented by Officer 115 who shot Khalil 3 times because he made assumptions about Khalil and he moved from the back car door to check on Starr

Question 47

How is the theme of racism is shown?

Answer 47

Racism is shown with Starr's friend Hailey who thinks that the sympathy should go to the officer and that Khalil deserved to die because he was a drug dealer. She also said that Starr should hold the basketball like a piece of fried chicken and asked Maya in freshman year if she at a cat for Thanksgiving, which are both racist comments.

Question 48

How is the protesting theme demonstrated in the story?

Answer 48

Protesting is shown in the story when Starr lead a protest on Carnation Avenue when Officer 115 wasn't indicted of Khalils death. It was also shown when there was a fake protest for Khalil in Willamson which was created by Hailey' brother to skip class.

Question 49

How is the theme of flowers shown in the family?

Answer 49

The theme of flowers represented the roses Maverick was tending to. The roses experienced obstacles the same time the family was also experiencing their own with the obstacles when advocating for Khalils death , living in Garden Heights, and being black.

Question 50

How was the theme of community shown in the book?

Answer 50

The theme of community was shown in the book when everyone tried to help Seven, Starr, Chris, and DeVante get out of the store and save the store by throwing buckets of water. Plus, they all snitched on King, including the crowd who didn't live in Garden Heights, but came because of the disturbance.