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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Jordan hear the police enter his house?

2. What does Jordan say happened to him while he was in Jail?

3. What is Jordan sentenced to after the trial?

4. How does Angel know Kiara?

5. Why does Angel not tell Kiara what she needs help for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does B.J. Carson deal with bullies?

3. How does Rob die?

4. Why does Andy feel inferior around his friends?

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

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

7. What does Monique realize at the end of the book?

8. What makes Gerald proud during his basketball games?

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

10. How does Gerald like to get to his basketball games, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Mr. Washington go about helping Gerald and Angel, and why is he willing to risk so much to help them?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Kiara was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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