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Review Game Ch. 1-4

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show James McBride  
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show James McBride's upbringing/perspective and his mother's experiences (Ruth)  
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show She converted to a new religion. Left the Jewish faith.  
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show Ruth feels guilty about changing her religion only because of her mother. Ruth's mom was gentle, meek, and innocent, the opposite of her father.  
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Describe what "spending time with mom" was like?   show
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show His mom is white and all his friends' moms are black.  
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Who does Ruth tend to favor, her father or mother?   show
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What debilitating disease does Ruth's mom suffer from?   show
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show It was her way of mourning/grieving.  
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show His stepfather  
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show One day he was there, the next, he wasn't. His stepfather died of an unexpected stroke.  
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Who was the commander in chief of James's household while he was growing up?   show
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show walking to the bus stop with his mother. The first time he recalls having one-on-one time with her.  
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show So he could get to the United States  
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show "I'm a citizen, you are not. I'll send you back to Europe."  
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show Her grandparents  
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show She thought they buried him too quickly and he might have been still alive.  
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show The way him and his siblings would share information they found out about his mother.  
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show His teachings/philosophy accrued more followers after he was killed..  
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show 9  
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Why was James so scared of "black power?"   show
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show To work hard, no nonsense, quest for excellence, distrust of authority figures, and a deep belief in God & education  
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show She was fearless and oblivious. She did not fear her own safety in environments that she didn't seem to belong in.  
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show She struggled to keep her purse but eventually lost it. She shrugged off the experience and told James calmly "It's just a purse. Don't worry about it. Let's get home."  
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show The kid's father was a Blank Panther. James feared his mother's safety because she was standing next to that man when James's bus took off.  
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