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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 131 - 194).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Vernesha doing when Tariq gets shot?
(a) She is at work.
(b) She is out with a boyfriend.
(c) She is at home preparing dinner.
(d) She is at the doctor's office.

2. What did Tariq and Tyrell do together before Tariq died?
(a) Studied math.
(b) Stole beer.
(c) Went to jail.
(d) Resisted joining the Kings.

3. How does Junior hear about Tariq's death?
(a) From the television news.
(b) From his father.
(c) From a friend.
(d) From his mother.

4. How does Noodle feel after he speaks to the media about Tariq?
(a) He feels energized.
(b) He feels suspicious.
(c) He feels depressed.
(d) He feels angry.

5. How does Tina react at the cemetery?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She is stoic.
(d) She is inconsolable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the reporters mistakenly call Vernesha?

2. What does Reverend Sloan decide to do when he hears about Tariq's death?

3. Who did not have a sleeping bag so the boys needed to share when Tyrell and the others were young?

4. What is Brick obsessed with regarding the gun he thinks he saw Tariq holding when he died?

5. What does Brick show especially to Sammy in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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