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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Point Seven of the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program starts with the words, "We want an end to" (320) what?
(a) Lost opportunities.
(b) Violence in our streets.
(c) Police brutality.
(d) Economic Inequality.

3. What is the name of the projects in which Starr's family used to live before moving to Garden Heights?
(a) Shady Pines.
(b) Cedar Grove.
(c) Central Place.
(d) Marigold Blooms.

4. 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.

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

6. Who does Hailey take to prom?
(a) DeVante.
(b) Luke.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ryan.

7. How old is Starr when Maverick has a talk with her about what to do if a cop stops her?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

8. Who puts the idea for a day of protesting into effect at Williamson Prep?
(a) Hailey.
(b) Starr.
(c) Remy.
(d) Kenya.

9. What type of literature is Mr. Warren teaching about when Starr asks him to continue his lesson to help distract her from her pain on the day of the school protest?
(a) British.
(b) Colonial.
(c) Postmodern.
(d) American.

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

11. Kenya tells Starr that she should speak up about the injustice of Khalil's death because Starr has a chance to change the whole what?
(a) Neighborhood.
(b) Community.
(c) World.
(d) City.

12. For what quality does Starr say she has been misdiagnosed if it is a medical condition?
(a) Fierceness.
(b) Smarts.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Kindness.

13. What faction of the King Lords gang does Maverick ask to help guard his home and family after his home is attacked?
(a) Grape Street.
(b) Riverton Hills.
(c) Cedar Grove.
(d) Garden Heights.

14. When Maverick thanks Black Jesus for helping Seven do something he himself did not do, what is it?
(a) Have safe sex throughout high school.
(b) Avoid a criminal record.
(c) Get a high school diploma.
(d) Escape the projects.

15. Where is Starr's first television interview held?
(a) In Grant Park.
(b) Outside of the library.
(c) In a hotel courtyard.
(d) On the steps of the Los Angeles City Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one of the policemen allows Maverick to rise from the sidewalk but tells him he will be keeping an eye on him, what name does he add to the end of his warning?

2. Starr thinks that what music artist(s) on Maverick's tee shirt makes the police harass Maverick more than Mr. Harris?

3. During what class period do the protests start at Williamson Prep?

4. What is Maverick doing when the vehicle moves down the street, announcing the terms of the curfew?

5. What video game do Chris and DeVante spend all of their time together playing?

(see the answer keys)

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