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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Tash moved?
(a) He is not moved.
(b) He is moved to a work camp.
(c) He is harrassed about being gay and Tash cuts the man.
(d) He asked to get closer to his family.

2. What happens after Tupac recovers from being shot?
(a) He is sent to prison.
(b) He decides to sue the girl who accuses him.
(c) He writes a rap song about racism and the justice system
(d) He moves to California.

3. Why does Jayjones think black people have been falsely imprisoned?
(a) They can't afford good lawyers.
(b) They are not given fair trials because the system is too overloaded.
(c) Racism.
(d) He does not know why.

4. Where does Jayjones say black men cannot be caught?
(a) In expensive cars.
(b) In white nightclubs.
(c) In white neighborhoods.
(d) Anywhere outside of their front door.

5. What is it about the East Side train that makes the narrator and Neeka's family uneasy?
(a) The tracks are really rough.
(b) The train is full of white people.
(c) Not knowing exactly where they are supposed to get off.
(d) The train is swaying and making them a little seasick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Tash convinced about Sly?

2. Why does going to a juvenile detention center seem appealing to Neeka?

3. Where did Tash play piano before going to prison?

4. How does the narrator describe the prison guards?

5. What does Jayjones say happens to black men in the wrong places?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jayjones explain to the younger children about what blacks need to do to stay out of trouble?

2. What did Tash do at church before he went to prison?

3. How does Miss Irene react to the photographer in Chapter 15?

4. What happens to Tupac after he recovers, how does the narrator feel about the evidence and to what does she relate it?

5. What does Tash ask Jayjones and what does Tash say is the first thing he is going to do when he leaves prison?

6. What does Tash look like when he comes into the visitation area and how does he act?

7. What is D's history with foster homes?

8. Where is D going to live and what do the friends vow?

9. What does the narrator's mother give her for her birthday?

10. What does Neeka's family do while visiting with Tash and what does Miss Irene say about his lawyer? What does Tash tell her?

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