When Jeremiah arrived at the center, he joined twenty-two other boys on the small field behind the building. On the sideline, he unzipped his backpack carefully, as though it contained something fragile and precious, which in a way it did: a single black oversized sneaker. Jeremiah took off his flip-flops and slipped the shoe on his right foot, leaving his left foot bare, and took the field.
–Outcasts United,
Warren St. John
What question would a reader most likely ask after reading about Jeremiah’s actions?
What are the other boys doing?
Why is Jeremiah wearing only one shoe?
What does Jeremiah like about soccer?
