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Question 1. Why do you think the narrator holds a mostly-black organization partly responsible for the police patrols in Tiko? How does he position this group, both good and bad?
Question 2. On page 173, review "Here, in a program administered by BEG..." How do descriptions like this position us to see fault's in the narrator's worldview or in how much he buys into the system?
Question 3. Do the authorities really care about lice and fleas, or are they trying to accomplish a different goal by cutting dreadlocks?
Question 4. How does Ruffin use the contrast of the narrator and Supercargo to show different viewpoints on issues? How is Supercargo a check on the narrator's positions?
Question 5. Why is one of the teacher's gone? Is this a random detail or foreshadowing?
Question 6. ON page 197, the narrator and Penny have different opinions on "the chances of something like that" happening to Nigel. What is the difference between these two worldviews and what is the narrator's reasoning for why Penny is able to think this way?
Question 7. What are the "little things" outside of police killings that the narrator is worried about with his son?