ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN ~ SHERMAN

ALEXIE
Chapter Study - # #5 Hope Against Hope
pages 32-43

CONTEXT INFO
❏ The narrator has a mom, a dad, a sister, a grandmother and a dog.

VOCABULARY WORDS
Word / Term Definition

Mafioso

Suspension

Contemplating

Confessing

Binge

Addict

KEY EVENTS
page Event
32

35

37

40

42

43

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LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES
Device page example

Metaphor

Vivid

Hyperbole

Allusion

Repetition

Personification

Vivid / Magic 3

Simile / hyperbole

Repetition

Magic 3

Repetition

Allusion

Metaphor

Magic 3

Onomatopoeia

CHARACTER INFO
Character Detail

Junior

Mr. P

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Theme Info and Symbols
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BY EXPLAINING YOUR OPINION USING SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM THE TEXT TO
SUPPORT YOUR POINT OF VIEW. INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS WITH YOUR TEXT REFERENCES.

1. WHY DOES JUNIOR THROW HIS GEOMETRY BOOK? WHAT DOESN'T IT SYMBOLIZE?

2. Why does Mr. P say the following? “Every white person on this Rez should get smashed in the
face, but let me tell you this, all the Indians should get smashed in the face too”

3. What is Mr. P’s advice to Junior? Why does he give him this advice?

4. Choose one of these two questions:

(a) Why do you feel that Mr. P is crying while giving Junior this advice?

OR
(b) What is your prediction of what Junior will do now?

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