Whale Talk Ch 15 Questions
1. Why does T.J’s dad tell him not to escalade the situation between Barbour or Rich?
2. What advice does Georgia give T.J.? Why?
3. Describe the scene at All Night Fitness before Chris and Barbour swim.
4. Why is Chris mad at T.J.? What reasoning does T.J. provide for why it needs to be Chris who beats Barbour?
5. Describe how Chris wins the contest.
6. What good sportsmanship does Chris show? How does Barbour react?
7. How does Benson stick up for Chris?
8. What did the swim team vote Chris?
9. At the pep rally, when the team gets their jackets, what does Andy Mott do that surprises the crowd?
10. What gift does Chris give to T.J.? Why?
11. Who is on T.J’s team for hoopfest? Why Andy Mott? What is their team name?
12. What does Tay-Roy threaten to do to Mike Barbour if Kristen Sweetwater ever goes out with him again?
13. Who do the slam-dunking mermen end up playing in the finals?
14. Why does Georgia say it might me good for Alicia to take Heidi to the finals?
15. What is the result of the game?
16. Who is Rich Marshall out to get when he brings a rifle into the gym?
17. What happens to T.J’s dad? How?
18. How does Alicia react in the situation that will help her out in the end?
19. What names does T.J.’s dad tell him to remember? Why?
20. What does he make T.J. promise? Why?
21. Who does T.J equate his dad to in his last moments? Why?
22. What does T.J. wish he had told his dad before he dies?
Whale Talk Epilogue
1. Who does T.J. goes to visit? Why?
2. What does T.J. find out about Stacy?
3. Who is Kyle? What does he do for a living?
4. What do Kyle and T.J.’s father have in common?
5. Why don’t Kyle and his mother talk?
6. How does T.J. explain whale talk to Kyle?
7. What job does Kyle offer T.J.?
8. If T.J’s dad had known he had another son how would he have reacted?
9. What positives came out of T.J.’s dad’s death?
10. What did Mike Barbour do at the funeral? Why?