1. I think this story is about important events that happend in the past.

2. They are both honor students. the difference is that elena is from puerto rican and eugene is white.

3.Elena is more worried about eugene than the president Kennedy's  death.

4. Her mother and father wanted to move back to puerto rico, because they were unhappy in paterson. plus she only been in puerto rico once in her life, and she always wanted better than her parents.

5. He seem really mean and heartless but deep inside he showed emotion when the president died.

6. They wanted to learn more about kennedy. the death was a big part of american history

7.He showed sympathy and he seem sad.