Carl Deuker Trivia

1. Who is Chance's best friend?

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Answer: Melissa

Chance has a difficult time making friends, yet he begins a friendship with Melissa. Chance and Melissa come opposite backgrounds and social circumstances, and Chance wrestles with the shame of where he lives.

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Answer: Steve Clay

Steve Clay is the man that Trent's mother is seeing at the time. Trent has never played ball for a school team, only on street courts. Since Nick's father invested in having a ball court put in the backyard for practice, Steve takes the opportunity to ask if Trent could use it at night.

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Answer: Tiny Dancer

Chance and his father live on a dilapidated sailboat moored in Seattle's bay. They are about one step from homelessness, since Chance's father is an alcoholic and has a difficult time holding a job for long. The boat is named after Elton John's song "Tiny Dancer".

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Answer: Gary Payton

Gary is a little guy, but a great player. Mr. Abbott has Nick study Gary Payton at the scrimmage. But Payton doesn't get much play time, for the coaches are letting the scrubs have a chance to shine and possibly snag a spot on the starting team. The scrubs are the ones that end up playing their hearts out, hustling after loose balls and spilling themselves out all over the court. The "big players" disappointingly take it easy and treat the scrimmage like playground time.

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Answer: every day

Chance finds running to be a way to get away from his circumstances, even if it is temporary. Ironically, it is running, something that is good for a person, that gets him into a bad situation.

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Answer: pointguard

"'Point guard? So you want to run the whole show.' 'No. I'm mean yes, no...'" Abbott is placed in the position of the leader. Always having to know who's on a hot streak, who's cold, when to pass or make a shot. It's a position that requires ceaseless concentration and a positive attitude.

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Answer: Gary Payton model

"I was eying the Gary Payton model, but I knew they were too expensive."-Nick "We'll take those in a size 11, medium width. If you're gonna play like a star, you gotta dress the part." -Mr. Abbott Once Nick starts really shining on the court, his father begins treating him like a son. It is a sad trade, but one that is a reality for Nick.

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Answer: plastic explosives

Chance begins picking up packages from a designated cache, as part of his daily run. Although he is instructed not to open them he becomes curious and discovers the contents to be plastic explosives and not drugs.

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Answer: Michael Ushakov

The blood clot occurs in Michael's leg after he was shot in the chest, the bullet missing his heart by three inches. The clot is successfully removed, and Michael survives.

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Answer: Sloop Tavern

Chance's father would try to remain dry, yet it was difficult for him not to hang out with his buddies at the Sloop Tavern.

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Answer: Garfield High School

Garfield High School is the team that almost beat Nick's school, but with a stroke of luck, Nick's school team won. Nick, Trent, and the guys never imagined that they could beat Garfield twice, but it happened in the championship game victory against Garfield.

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Answer: Lincoln High School

Chance attended Lincoln High School located in the Seattle area.

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Answer: Trent

This is the scene when Nick is pleading with Trent not to go after Zack. Nick knows Trent will be throwing away his life and future, but Trent stands up for his big brother. Trent explains his first memory to Nick. Trent was only five or so, and he went into his mother's room on a Saturday morning because he wanted breakfast. He found his mother passed smooth out from alcohol intake. Zack, being nine years old took Trent by the hand, got Trent a bag of pretzels and turned on a cartoon while he took care of his mom. Now that Zack is in trouble, Trent feels the duty to be there for him in return.

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Answer: Kim

Chance's mother divorced his father,and there is no contact between them. Kim, a friend of his mother's, works as a waitress at one of the local eateries, and keeps an eye out for Chance.

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Answer: Matt Markey

"In your face!" Matt screams after sinking a shot. Trent is dealing with a lot of family issues, and tries to keep his composure throughout practice, but Markey being a jerk finally pushes him over the edge. Trent wails on him a good while before finally being pulled off of Markey.

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Answer: Mr. Arnold

Mr. Arnold teaches World Issues, and he reminds Chance of his father, except that Mr. Arnold is cleaner, works out, and has a job. Mr. Arnold introduces the topic of terrorism and how even Seattle could be a site for terrorist activity.

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Answer: His dad swinging him in the park

This is gathered after Trent asks Nick "What's your earliest memory, as far back as you can go?" "My dad swinging me in the park I guess..." Trent mocks this and goes on to share his earliest memory, which we read in a previous question.

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Answer: Seattle

Seattle is a great setting for this book since it is a major port city, and explores the possibilities of terrorism using the ports available.

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Answer: bullets

"I could hear him breathing, long deep breaths of relief, the gray-white vapor showing against the darkness of the night. One deep breath and then another. 'Trent,' I said, 'what happened?' Another pause, and then his voice: 'It's crazy. We've had the gun for years, hidden away in a closet. We always talked about going down to the trail some night and shooting into the water, or at a tree or something, but we never had any bullets...'" That night, Zack shows up with bullets, and that leads to Michael almost dying alone after being shot in cold-blooded revenge.

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