Rumble+Fish-rikki

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

**2.Where does the first chapter take place? What are the boys doing there?** **The first chapter takes place on the beach. Rusty James is there because he lives there. Steve is there because he is** **he is going to college there.**

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

**4. Where has Rusty-James been for the past few years? Why doesn't he want to recall his past?** **He has been in a reformatory. He doesn't want to recall his past because he had a bad life.**

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

**6. What does he say on the first page that shows he has problems?** **He says that his memory is screwed up some.**

**7. What kind of place is Benny's?** **Benny's was the hangout place for the junior high kids.**

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

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

**10. How does Rusty-James react when he hears about the fight?** **He isn't afraid to fight Biff, but he thinks there's no need to even fight him.**

**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?** **When the Motorcycle Boy does appear, the reader is probably shocked and surprised.**

**12. Describe Steve.** **Steve seems like a good kid who doesn't like to fight. He is also always cautious about things.** **100-CP**