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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. How does Gerald get to his sport games?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He rides his bike.
(d) He gets a ride with a friend.

2. How does Gerald know Andy?
(a) They are teammates.
(b) They use the same social worker.
(c) They go to school together.
(d) They are neighbors.

3. How does Rob die?
(a) He overdoses on drugs.
(b) He gets sick with cancer.
(c) He is in a car accident.
(d) He is beat by a mugger.

4. What does Gerald say Jordan can't do now that he is out of prison?
(a) Talk to him and Angel.
(b) Be alone with his mother.
(c) Stay in the apartment.
(d) Touch Angel.

5. What makes it hard for Gerald to concentrate during a basketball game?
(a) His coach is missing.
(b) He has a headache.
(c) Kiara is there.
(d) Jordan attends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Monique miss most of the dance recital?

2. Who is given custody of Gerald after the trial?

3. Why does Gerald like to go to his sport games in a certain way?

4. How long is Angel's class?

5. What does Angel find at the end of her dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Andy similar to Gerald?

2. How does Rob's father become involved in Gerald and Angel's problems?

3. What does Jordan scream as he runs out during the fire, and what does this mean?

4. How does Jordan deal with Monique after she is injured?

5. How is Gerald able to get the police in to arrest Jordan?

6. How does Rob die?

7. How does the basketball team show their friendship to Gerald?

8. Who rides with Angel to the hospital after the fire?

9. What does B.J. do for the basketball team, and why?

10. What causes Angel to allow Jordan to slap her?

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