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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of snitching does Starr say she is doing by mentioning King's crimes without mentioning his name?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Dry.
(c) Sly.
(d) Dangerous.

2. What kind of people does Starr tell the television interviewer that she wishes the cops would stop making assumptions about?
(a) Black people.
(b) Civilians.
(c) Young people.
(d) Poor people.

3. What reason does Starr give for saying that she and Jay-Z have to be related somehow?
(a) They used to live in the same projects where Starr lived as a child.
(b) She loves Beyonce as much as Jay-Z does.
(c) Blue Ivy looks exactly like Starr's baby pictures.
(d) They share the same last name.

4. What do the Williamson Prep students chant to begin their day of protesting?
(a) Hell no, we won't go.
(b) All Lives Matter.
(c) Justice for Khalil.
(d) Black Lives Matter.

5. What kind of gun does Maverick use to shoot the tire of the gunmen who had shot up Maverick's family's house?
(a) A Winchester rifle.
(b) A .44 Magnum.
(c) A .357.
(d) A Glock.

6. After the curfew is imposed, by what time in the evening does every business in Garden Heights have to be closed?
(a) 11.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

7. What quality does Starr say that she qualifies as at Williamson Prep because she is black?
(a) An outsider.
(b) An expert on other cultures.
(c) Cool.
(d) Popular.

8. Whom does Maverick want to be taught how to use the cash register at the store when he wants to have a private talk with Starr?
(a) Mr. Lewis.
(b) Tim.
(c) Sekani.
(d) DeVante.

9. Maverick tells Starr that a rage is passed down through the generations to every black man and that the rage had originated when the black men had been unable to stop what group from hurting their families?
(a) Bosses.
(b) Sharecroppers.
(c) Government agencies.
(d) Slave masters.

10. What quality does DeVante say is made up for by Chris's massive video game collection?
(a) His lack of game.
(b) His bad attitude.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His whiteness.

11. What type of vehicle crawls down the street announcing the terms of the curfew in Garden Heights?
(a) A tank.
(b) A bus.
(c) A Hummer.
(d) A motorcycle.

12. What kind of hairstyle does Seven wear?
(a) A fade.
(b) Dreadlocks.
(c) A buzzcut.
(d) An afro.

13. What does Starr say she has to wear every time LeBron James plays if she wants his team to win?
(a) Her LeBron James jersey.
(b) Her Got Milk? shirt.
(c) Her Spurs socks.
(d) Her LeBron James hat.

14. In what neighborhood do Maverick and Lisa buy the family a new home?
(a) Brook Falls.
(b) Sudden Valley.
(c) Potter Springs.
(d) Halo Heights.

15. Who calls dibs on the biggest of the bedrooms available to the three kids who will be living in the new house?
(a) DeVante.
(b) Sekani.
(c) Seven.
(d) Starr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until she says it in her television interview, who is the only person Starr has told about Officer Cruise keeping a gun pointed at her until back-up had arrived?

2. Who calls Starr over at prom after Chris leaves her alone to go talk to his friends?

3. Point Seven of the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program starts with the words, "We want an end to" (320) what?

4. What is embossed on the leather wallet Starr gives Maverick for Father's Day one year?

5. What song does Chris sing to Starr from the DJ booth at the prom once he and Starr have made up?

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