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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 and 2, Dead, The Bicycle Abstract
* The eighth of twelve children, James McBride grows up in a chaotic, but loving, home.
* His mother is a Polish Jew, raised mostly in Virginia. She married a black man and lived the majority of her adult life in New York City.
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