RumbleFishQuestionsAlyssa

1. The person who tells a fiction story is called the narrator. Who is the narrator in this book?

The narrator in Rumble Fish is Rusty James.

2. Where does the first chapter take place? What are the boys doing there? The first chapter takes place at the beach. Steve was there was on vacation and Rusty James lives there.

3. Which boy is in college? Steve is in college.

4. Where has Rusty-James been for the past few years? Why doesn't he want to recall his past? He was in the reformatory and in solitary once. It hurts and angers him to think about his past.

5. What is Rusty-James doing with his life at the present time? He said he is just "bumming around".

6. What does he say on the first page that shows he has problems? He said "my memory is screwed up some".

7. What kind of place is Benny's? Benny's was a teenage hangout that people played pool at where the two boys lived.

8. What is Rusty-James doing there? He was playing pool.

9. Why does Biff want to fight Rusty-James? Rusty James said something to Anita at school.

10. How does Rusty-James react when he hears about the fight? He got annoyed by this, but was ready to fight.

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? It shows that the Motorcycle Boy is important to the story, and it makes the reader focus on him more. This also makes the reader try to figure the character out.

12. Describe Steve.

Steve is pretty shy. He doesn't drink or do many things wrong. He doesn't like fights. He isn't well known to people and if people do know who he is, they know him by Rusty James's bestfriend. He gets beat by his dad and doesn't have a great home life.

100-CP