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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Starr tell Chris her prom dress is when he asks, even though she has not thought to buy a dress yet?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Light blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

2. What gets thrown through the the window of Starr's house while she and her family are watching a basketball game?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A rock.
(c) A brick.
(d) A bat.

3. 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) Postmodern.
(b) Colonial.
(c) British.
(d) American.

4. What location does Maverick say is the place where he and Lisa met?
(a) At the roller skating rink.
(b) At a high school basketball game.
(c) At a school dance.
(d) At an NBA basketball game.

5. Who calls Starr over at prom after Chris leaves her alone to go talk to his friends?
(a) Maya.
(b) Hailey.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Kenya.

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

7. Point One of the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program starts with the words, "We want" (320) what?
(a) Vengeance.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Equality.
(d) Justice.

8. What does Maverick have to do for Sekani every time Sekani catches him using a curse word?
(a) Read him a story.
(b) Take him out for ice cream.
(c) Put a dollar in a jar.
(d) Take him for a ride in the car.

9. In what kind of car do Chris and Starr arrive to prom?
(a) An Escalade.
(b) A Rolls Royce.
(c) A Hummer limousine.
(d) A Mazda Miata.

10. What does April Ofrah say she will begin her work for Starr by doing?
(a) Getting her a television interview.
(b) Getting a restraining order for her against Officer Cruise.
(c) Filing a lawsuit against the county on her behalf.
(d) Renting her an office.

11. 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?
(a) Seven.
(b) Uncle Carlos.
(c) DeVante.
(d) Lisa.

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

13. What name does Kenya call Starr for keeping her eyewitness account of Khalil's murder a secret from everyone but the detectives who interview her at the station?
(a) Coward.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Sneak.
(d) Lily-livered snake.

14. How many bedrooms does Starr reveal to Chris that her family's old apartment in the projects had contained?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

15. 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) Escape the projects.
(d) Get a high school diploma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Starr say that she qualifies as at Williamson Prep because she is black?

2. What is DeVante wearing that gives Starr a pang in her chest because Khalil had worn one just like it?

3. What reason does Starr give for saying that she and Jay-Z have to be related somehow?

4. What kind of snitching does Starr say she is doing by mentioning King's crimes without mentioning his name?

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

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