What is a die-in? Why do they decide to do this? 5. “‘We read every name on this list. Out loud” (282).

When Rashad is freed from the hospital, the situation is far from his control. Quinn decides to take his story public. The student protest is a "die-in" where students lay on the ground while someone reads a roll-call of the absent (those who have been killed by police). The two boys finally encounter each other silently, gazing at each other while the "die-in" names are read.