Book II Round 5-9 Image

This is a picture of a fire burning down a building and it represents Round 6 in Book II when the apartment complex that Bodega owns burned down and Chino and Blanca had to sleep at her mother's house.

These boxes represent Round 7 when the church community came together and help Chino and Blanca move houses since she was having a baby soon.

This image represents Round 9 when two police officers came to question Chino and took him down to the station to try to crack him about the dead news reporter.

Book II rounds 10-end summary

Round 10 starts off when Blanca, Chino's wife leaves him because he didn't entirely tell her the truth. In round 11, Vidal, Veronica's husband, comes to Harlem because she called him crying, Bodega wanted Veronica to tell Vidal that she never loved him and that she always loved Bodega. After a few verbal fights, Vera shoots Vidal and he dies. Bodega told her not to worry and that he would go to jail for her and take the blame. The next day, Bodega was shot by Nazario because it was all a set up so that Vera and him would be together while she had her dead husband's money and he had Bodega's power. In the end, Nazario and Vera would have gotten away with everything if Chino hadn't turned them into the police.

Discussion Questions book II rounds 10-end

How do you think Nazario and Veronica fall in love?

Why didn't Nazario stay with Veronica before Bodega came along?

How did they keep in touch and come up with a plan to get rid of everyone?

Did this remind you of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?