Chapter Seven Reading Questions
1. How did Sonny, his mother, and Mr. Bykovski react to his father's reassignment of Mr. Bykovski?
2. How did the Great Six teachers work behind the scenes to influence change in Coalwood?
3. What was the purpose of Reverend Lanier's sermon? To whom was it directed?

Chapter Eight Reading Questions
1. How were the two main subjects of Mr. Turner's speech to the high school linked?
2. Why does Sonny's father look at Sonny with "some confusion, almost as if he had never looked at him before" (pg 141).
3. What does Sonny learn about his parents' relationship from eaves



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