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Discussion Questions

The Whitest Wall

1. Discuss the significance of the whitest wall? Do you have a whitest wall?

2. Which characters had brain injuries and how did they occur? How do you think it affected their lives?

3. Do you believe Doc’s murder was accidental? What do you think really happened?

4. How did the author illustrate the realities of common visible prejudice in comparison of an invisible disability?

5. Do you believe the whitest wall Kevin experienced was made up? Why?

6. Do you believe Kevin will be incarcerated or released? When?

7. Discuss how life experiences in the past can cloud the reality of the present?

8. How does Gunner influence Q’s life? Do you believe this is possible?

9. How do you believe LaMar will handle his new reality?

10. What do you believe is Ma Lu’s mission in Washington DC? What secret has she been hiding?

11. What insights have you gained by reading The Whitest Wall? Has it changed your life or perception in any way?

12. The Whitest Wall contains parallel characters, who are they and how are they similar? Different?

13. What are the metaphors the author uses in The Whitest Wall?

14. Gunner left Q with unanswered riddles? Did he figure them all out?

15. What is the symbolism of the cover?

16. What is the definition of Bootleg?

The Whitest Wall
by Jodee Kulp

  • Publication Date: September 20, 2008
  • : 256 pages
  • Publisher: Better Endings New Beginnings
  • ISBN-10: 0963707264
  • ISBN-13: 9780963707260