Whale Talk – Flashcards

Tj’s father’s name is ?

who has a television buff andspecially loves ______ It is the first clue about the book’s title

Tj agrees with Simet to swim. But he says he will not swim alone, he wants a _____ So Tj recruits at the __________ with flyers on car windshields

The first person to respond to Tj’s flyer is______. He has a huge vocabulary and uses it. He sys he will have a response for Tj within __ hours

The next person to respond the flyer is ______. He is a______ and a _______though he as to trevael find steroid free competitions.

The next day , TJ is talking to _____ in the lunch room, trying to convice him to join the team when, _____ and his friend show up to hassle him. Coach______ the head of football, intervenes.

After school, _____ finds TJ in the computer lab and after they joke aroud, calling Mike barbour and his friends _______, tell shim he will seim with him in the soft winter

________ heads the alumni group called the _____ . They raise money for the boy’s athletic teams. Not one former _____ athlete belongs to the group.

Rich Marshall wants to make sure has a ______ attached to the baby deer so

TJ tried to shelter the ______ with his body, but Rich Marshall shot it out from under him anyway.

For the next 5 days, TJ wore the _____ clothes to school

_______ stood up for TJ when the principal , Mr. Morgan, asked them to intervene.

TJ wakes up at _____ AM for his first workout at the gym called_____.

When TJ enters the _______ after his workout he meets a man who is _______ at the gym. He works at both ______ and ____ to pa his son’s tuition.

_______ weighs 287 pounds, is 5’8, and is a member of the swim team.

______ is nondescript, medium height, brown hair, and has no distinguishing characteristics. He is a member of the swim team.

______ walks with a limp and no one knows why. He is a junior and looks very angry. HE approaches TJ in the hallway and tells him he wants to be a simmer.

_______ is TJ’s therapist from childhood. They are still friends. She is one of the very few other people in town who are not white. She gets away with calling TJ “________” because of it.

TJ is in love with ______ . TJ met her the summer he was trying to become an expert _____ and _____

The first night TJ meets Carly her, she shows up with ____ at a dance

Carly’s self described greatest talent is ____. She has a lot of experience from having t do is so often for her mother and brother.

TJ’s father became a _______ because he thought it would help him see the world and get paid at the same time.

On July 27, 1968, TJ’s father spent time with a _____ at her home. While her mother was watching her baby, the baby crawled up under TJ’s father’s truck When TJ’s father drove away, it killed the baby. This was the _____ moment of his life.

The only income TJ’s father makes is by repairing ____ at his home. All other work, eh does for free. It usually involves helping children.

TJ’s father also volunteers as a _______ for the state. He was trained to represent the best interestsof cildren in court.

All the guys except _____ begin showing up for the morning workouts

TJ comes up with an idea to solve the space problem at All Night Fitness . While 4 guys are swimming three can be working out on a ______tied to the wall.

____ works at interim coach for the boys since he cannot sleep through their loud music

When TJ walks in on a play therapy session in Georgia’s house, we first meet ______ a little girl with TJ’s skin color.

Heidi spends time at the sink, trying to scrub off _____

Georgia as TJ sign a _____ so that he can ” work” for her.

Heidi’s parents are Alicia Marshall and _____

In college, Alicia began dating a black football player, named Willis Stack. Alicia got pregnant and then Willis left because ______

After Willis left, Rich Marshall began to date Alicia and let her believe that no one would have her baby. He made her change Heidi’s name from Felicia to Hedi because it was the “_____” name he could think of

Heidi has two ______. she is not allowed to play with them or their toys.

Chris actually likes “simming” on the ______ better than swimming in the water because he can hear the music better. He lies _____ music.

Interim Coach Oliver created a “_________” system for working ut.

One summer, while TJ was visitng the neo-Nazi “summer camp,” he saw ______ chatting with some of the “officers.”

Icko is Interim Coach Oliver’s new _____

At the beginning of Chapter 7, ______ finally shows.

Andy Mott is missing a ____ , which is why he limps.

________ has the most overall talent, after TJ.

Simet wants Icko to be ______

Andy Mott is the king of _______

Before the beinning of each athletic season, Cutter H.S holds a school-wide ___

The person driving the car following TJ is _____

In fifth grade, the class’s teacher sat the children by grades. The student with the highest grade sat in the front left seat. The student with the lowest grade sat in the back right seat. _________ was always dead last.

Everyone is still showing up for two practices a day. At one point, Chris sneaks over and touches Andy’s ______ under the bench.

Everyone except _____ sits in the first three rows of the bus.

To earn a letter each team member will have to make their _____ at every meet

Before they get there, Coach Simet desribes the _____ so it won’t b unfamiliar or strange.

Simon DeLong is afraid of being ______. To avoid this, ______ volunteers to swim with him, figuring the crowd would rather look at a one-legged swimmer than a fat one.

At the end of their first swim meet, they have all earned some ___

One the way home from the mete there is a ____ the bus ends up hitting a ____ as a result.

When asked who they would kill if they got one “freebie” Simon says says___

The first bus ride home is described at the end of the chapter as _________

__ wrote a newspaper article about the swim teams escapades with the snowstorm and the first meet.

TJ challenges Mile Barboura and some of his friends to a ____

After the incident with Mike Barbour and Rich Marshall, TJ goes ____ for lunch

At home TJ finds his father crumpled in the dark bedroom watching a video of ____ and sobbing

When TJ gets back to school, he runs into ____ again. He tells TJ that Simet “jumped ships” on the team and that they will, indeed have to ___ in order to letter

What TJ likes more than the swim meets, which are all going well, are the ___

Toward the end of the semester through the team is swiming well, they are beginning to have trouble with _____.Andy Mott is “in danger ” of passing one class.

Each simmer helps in the goal of raising grades. When grades are posted, the swim team as the _____ cumulative average.

___ is going to be living with the Jones. Alicia lefter her and the boys with ___ for an entire afternoon.

When Heidi spills ____ on the floor, she is immediately fearful. TJ’ss father, instead of yelling, actually _____ with her.

___ shows up at TJ’s house, drunk, and “needing” to see Alicia. He accuses TJ of sleeping with Alicia. He has a ____ tucked in his belt.

TJ’s father comes running down the stairs with a ____in his hand .

Abby identifies Rich Marshall as a ____ and then warns TJ not to get involved with him. Men like Rich do not give up .

TJ’s father admits that he usually has a rying episode when he starts feeling

we find out that Rich Marshall’s ___ was rough and mean

TJ’s father said at one point he started to wish he was a ____ because at least they know what it is to be a ___

All the simmers after the second round of meets look forward to the ___ as if they’re vacations

Andy mott lost his leg to ____ , which he describes as ___

Andy wants to pay ____ 40 dollars for two ____ of him. Andy has A _____ in Birmingham, Alabama.

Later, Dan Hole admits he has also sent pictures of ___ to his girlfriend.

______ finally figures out the letter jacket “scheme” and talks to TJ about it at the school dance after the swim meet.

____ is Carly’s friend and was hurt by ___

When Mike Barbour finds out that Carly told ___he’s rough with women, he got very angry He told her she could make it up to him by ___

Wen Kristy doesn’t want to, Mike Barbour shouts at her to “____!”When she doesn’t, he contiually ____ her arm.

When TJ tries to find Mike Barbour in order to ___ him, he ends up getting a ___ for his driving

When TJ gets home, ____ is awk and talks to him

Abby says Kristin was most likely brought up by a father who believes exactly what ____ believes, which is why she’ll never charge him with assault

TJ’s father says if TJ tries to fight Mike Barbour, Mike will immediately turn it into a ____ issue and respond by ____ someone else

TJ says that his father should have been born a ___

Abby did as promised. After ___ midnight visit, she called the school and he is no longer allowed there during school hours

TJ gets called ito ___ office. __ is also there

Coach Benson says ___ tells a different story about Kristin Sweetwater. Mike & Kristin are ___

Mike Barbour has a full ride to the ___

Coach Benson threatens the swim team with another ____

_____ is also in foster care with Heidi. She is also staying with the Jone’s

Rich has a ____ against his kis, Alicia, and TJ’s family

Both TJ’s father & Alicia assert that Rich ____ where she is very soon

By the time they get to the conference meet, ____ the simmers are assured of lettering.

______ has never won the all- sport championship because although they have the “big” sports like football and baseball, they’ve always fallen down in the _____. They’ve never had a _____

Tay-Roy likes___

Both TJ and ____ will be playig at ___

The spokane and Wenatcheeswim coaches have approached TJ to be on their summer teams They think he could makethe ___ with proper training.

Chris’s times would win him 4th place if he was ____ years old. He has taken to ____ to the crowd when he’s done.

___ is the only simmer to continue after conference eet. All the other simmers will swim against him for pratice.

___ killed a baby by squeezing his stomach. He ___ another shaking it. He did___ in prison.

Rance tied up ____ to a heater. He was there almost ___

All the simmers have____

The Athletic Council meets the ____ after the conference meet. Simet brings ___ with him

The chairperson of thecouncil is___, which means he doesn’t get to -__ unless there is a tie.

In the end, thre is no vote, because Simet asks for the official ____ concerning the rules

WHile Tj swims continuously, the other guys swim in a ___ style so that TJ is challenged

For the past two weeks, TJ’s house as been getting a lot of ____ that end in hang ups. They assume it is ___

One night, after Rich as been calling repeatedly, TJ and his father go t ohte 7-11. There, they find Rich and it is obvious that he has been _____

Simet borrows a ____ for the trip to state that the whole team can go

If Tj wins just ___ two events, it will place cutter in the top then. Tj could do that all by himself.

TJ makes a deal with ___. If TJ wins his final race, Benson will vote for the ____ for swim team.

While the team was gone, the council ____ on the requirements for the swim team.

TJ knows he can ___ the last race

Simet says he will take the letter jacket debate out of the school and right into ____

TJ wants the swim team boys to join him at _______

TJ finished ____ in his final raceat state

TJ purposely ____the last race

TJ says that ___ can race ___ to decide whether or not the team gets their letter jackets

Alicia takes Heidi and the boys to see ____ one day after calls, acting contrite and saying that a man should be allowed to see his osns.

That night, Rich starts calling the house every ten minutes. TJ’s father has had enough and decides to ____ Rich’s movements.

Heidi uses a ____ to scrub her skin. She says ____ toldher to do that.

TJ’s father finally meets up with Rich at ____. TJ joins him, worried that there will be too many of Rich’s friends there.

____ is at Wolfy’s to back up Rich.

_______ races Mike Barbour at All-Night Fitness. ____ wins the race.

Chris Couglin wins the ______ award at the winter sports banquet. Simet says he doesn’t know an athlete in the world with more ____ than Andy Mott.

The boys receive their ____ at the end of the year at a large assembly. During the middle of the assembly, Andy Mott takes off his ___. The crowd falls silent.

____ does notearn a letter jacket. Chris gives Tj ____

Tje team quickly bows out of participating in Hoopfest, so TJ gets a team together consiting of :____,_____, and _____ as an alternate

Tay-Roy is now dating __________. Mike Barbour is not happy about it.

At the end of the first day, TJ’s team, the Slam -Dunking Meren, is set to play the ___ , Mike and Rich’s team.

Though they are not orginally going to attend Hoopfest ___ and _____ end up going. ____ says she;ll come along for support.

Athe end of the game, _____ wins.

After losing, ____ retrieves a gun from his car and aims it at ____ . LTo save her, ____ jumps in front of it, taking the bullet.

______ actually tried to stop Rich.

The little boy under the truck’s name was ____. His mother’s name was ____

Tj’s father says he doesn’t want TJ spending one minute on ____

TJ drivs to ______ , the town where the wido is from

Tj disvovers that Stacey as a ____named _____. TJ thinks he may be his brother

TJ disvovers that Kle loves _____ and _____

_____ has a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

____ lives on the edges of the Jones’ property

T.J. stands for :______

Tj’s ethnicity is _____ and ___

Tjs biological moteher’s name is ____

TJ’s adoptive mother work as ____ and is named ____

The Tao is actually a real ____ and a ___

TJ qualified for the junior Olympics in ____ when he was ___ years old.

TJ’s Eglish teacher’s name is ___

At Cutter High the Shroud of Turin is ____

The school bully is ___

Football and basketball at Cutter High are coached by Coach____