4. What else did Ghost notice about his father, beside the fact that he was cocking a pistol, when Ghost and his mother were running out of the house?

5. How does Ghost say he feels about his father’s sentence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Coach Brody’s response to Ghost when Ghost says that he is tired, after half a dozen sprints?

2. What does Ghost say is in his file at school?

3. How does Ghost end up on the Defenders?

4. How does Coach Brody end up being the one to come get Ghost from school?

5. What is Ghost’s relationship with basketball?

6. Why does Ghost end up cutting up his sneakers?

7. Where does Ghost take his name from?

8. What happened when Ghost’s father “lost it” (5)?

9. What is Ghost’s first impression of Coach Brody?

10. Where is Ghost’s father now?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate Ghost as a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age narrative. What are the challenges Ghost faces in rites of passage in this novel? How does he overcome these challenges, and what does he learn at each stage? How is Ghost a different person at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How would you rewrite Ghost, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the ending of Ghost. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything? Does it make you want to read the sequel?

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