Black Friday | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapters 1 through 8 Abstract

* Colonel David Hudson stands next to his his taxi, looking at the buildings along Wall Street.
* Sergant Harry Stemkowsky uses a paypone to call FBI director Walter Trentkamp.
* When Trentkamp answers, Stemkowsky plays him a recording. It states that Stemkowsky's group Green Band will bomb...
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