• Page 126, the page is unmarked. Author Wes asks other Wes, "Do you think we're all just products of our environment?" Other Wes retorts by saying that maybe people are products of other's expectations of them. Which do you side with?—BH

• On page 126, in the conversation the two Wes' are having,author-Wes realizes "The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves." Do we agree? Disagree? Don't care?—KM

• On p.133 when Wes decides to stay at Valley Forge , do you think this is a defining moment in his life because if he went to another college, he could have ended up mixing in with the wrong crowd again?—SM

• On p.140 We see Other Wes really try to get out of the life, which I didn't think he had it in him. What do you guys think about his decision and effort to get out?—KW

• My question comes from the bottom of page 142. Wes finally finds his place in the world and it seems as though he is starting to get his life together. He doesn't. Was he too far gone or could he have turned things around? Was he ever too far gone?—CD

• The other Wes Moore gets out of the drug game, but then realizes that he cannot support his family. Does getting back into the drug game to support his family make him a bad person? Chapter 7—ER

• Throughout other Wes's trial the author avoids describing Wes's thoughts and emotions. Do you think he is avoiding giving his stance on Wes's guilt? Pg.155—JP