R.F.Anastasia

1. The person who tells a fiction story is called the narrator. Who is the narrator in this book? The narrator in this book, //__Rumble Fish__//, is Rusty James.

2.Where does the first chapter take place? What are the boys doing there? In the first chapter of this book, Rusty James and Steve meet on a beach. They begin to recall the last time they saw each other.

3. Which boy is in college? When Rusty James met Steve on the beach at the beggining of the book, the asked each other what they were doing there and Steve said that he was going to a college in the area.

4. Where has Rusty-James been for the past few years? Why doesn't he want to recall his past? Rusty-James has been in a reformatory. He doesn't want to remember that he reminds everyone of his brother.

5. What is Rusty-James doing with his life at the present time? Rusty-James stated that after he left the reformatory, he and a buddy of his started "bumn' around".

6. What does he say on the first page that shows he has problems? Rusty-James said that he didn't recognize him right away because his memory is messed up.

7. What kind of place is Benny's? X

8. What is Rusty-James doing there?X

9. Why does Biff want to fight Rusty-James? Biff wants to fight Rusty-James because Rusty-James was flirting with Biff's girlfriend.

10. How does Rusty-James react when he hears about the fight?X

11. Motorcycle Boy's name is mentioned 8 times before he appears in the story. What is the effect on the reader when he does appear? When the Motorcycle Boy appears in the story, the reader may have a negative effect because the younger brother speaks of him as if he had done something wrong.

12. Describe Steve. To discribe Steve, he is like he is mentioned in the book; a rabbit ready to take on a pack of wolves.

75-CP