Harbor Me

Chapters 1-6

Reading Check

1. Immigration officials (Chapter 1)

2. Eight (Chapter 2)

3. In jail (Chapter 3)

4. The class (Chapter 4)

5. The ARTT room (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. Haley is afraid to talk about her father’s incarceration and does not know how to verbalize her feelings. (Chapter 3)

2. The students feel awkward sitting together and are uncertain of what to share with one another. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-11

Reading Check

1. Malone, New York (Chapter 7)

2. A voice recorder (Chapter 8)

3. The Dominican Republic (Chapter 10)

4. Guns (Chapter 11)

Short Answer

1. The students discuss school uniforms and the rules adults insist on. (Chapter 9)

2. Esteban’s father admires the American dream. He is hardworking and wants his family to have a better life. (Chapter 11)

Chapters 12-17

Reading Check

1. A letter (Chapter 12)

2. With a rap (Chapter 14)

3. In 20 years (Chapter 14)

4. Nerf and water guns (Chapter 15)

Short Answer

1. Amari’s father believes hugs are childish, and it upsets Amari because he wants to comfort Esteban with a hug. Amari also laments the loss of nerf guns and water guns because they pose a threat to his safety because of police violence. (Chapters 14 and 15)

2. Amari is angered by racial profiling. Ashton feels defensive because he claims police violence could happen to anyone. (Various chapters)

Chapters 18-23

Reading Check

1. Kira/Holly’s mom (Chapter 18)

2. A car accident (Chapter 19)

3. If he is albino (Chapter 20)

4. His light skin (Chapter 21)

5. In an immigration detention center in Florida (Chapter 22)

Short Answer

1. Ashton does not want to be remembered for saying the wrong thing. (Chapter 20)

2. They tell him they like having him at their school and escort him home so he will not be bullied. (Chapter 21)

Chapters 24-30

Reading Check

1. The ARTT conversations (Chapter 24)

2. It is an interracial relationship. (Chapter 26)

3. Brooklyn College (Chapter 26)

4. The Lenape (Chapter 27)

5. Puerto Rico (Chapter 28)

Short Answer

1. Esteban’s mother is not a US citizen and worries she will be deported after Esteban’s father is taken to an immigration detention center. (Various Chapters)

2. Haley’s father and mother were leaving a party when Haley’s father—who had been drinking—ran the car into a lamppost, which killed Haley’s mother. Haley’s father left the scene to get help and was convicted of vehicular homicide because he left the scene and had been drinking. (Chapter 26)

Chapters 31-34

Reading Check

1. A rich girl (Chapter 31)

2. Tiago (Chapter 31)

3. Playing dolls (Chapter 32)

4. Through poetry (Various chapters)

5. Lamaze classes (Chapter 34)

Short Answer

1. Esteban tells Haley that her story gives him hope because Haley is strong while she waits for her father to come home. (Chapter 34)

2. Holly tells Haley that she has heard the adults talk about money and that her father and uncle both received money from Haley’s grandfather as well as money from her mother’s accident. (Chapter 32)

Chapters 35-40

Reading Check

1. Black Panther (Chapter 35)

2. Intense focus (Chapter 36)

3. To forget (Chapter 36)

4. Haley’s (Chapter 37)

5. In the Dominican Republic (Chapter 38)

6. “Summertime” (Chapter 40)

Short Answer

1. Amari claims that superheroes get their superpowers by overcoming a tragic event. (Chapter 37)

2. Haley says her superhero is her uncle. Haley is close to her uncle and is grateful that he has taken care of her while her father is in prison. (Various chapters)