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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before he gets pulled over by the policeman, how many years does Khalil say it has been since Natasha's death?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. How many times in total does the policeman search Khalil after he pulls him over and pulls him out of the car?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

3. What is the punishment Lisa doles out to Starr and Seven for leaving to play basketball without asking permission?
(a) She cancels their pool party.
(b) She makes them clean out the garage.
(c) She takes their phones.
(d) She makes them skip lunch.

4. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?
(a) A revolver.
(b) A cigar.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A gray handkerchief.

5. After how many months of being treated for cancer does Nana get fired from her hospital job?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Starr apply to the corpses of both Khalil and Natasha as they lie in their coffins?

2. What simile does Starr use to describe the cops leaving Khalil's body in the street after he is shot dead?

3. What is Starr's neighborhood called?

4. In what type of vehicle are the King Lords sitting while Seven and Starr play one-on-one basketball the day after the riots break out?

5. What detail about her birth does Starr learn for the first time as Lisa drives her to her Uncle Carlos's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dichotomy does Starr describe between her Garden Heights persona and her Williamson Prep persona?

2. At what moments does Starr feel she has overstepped her bounds or has made mistakes within her interview with the detectives who question her about the night of Khalil's death?

3. What does Starr cite as the reason for her parents enrolling her in a private school in a rich neighborhood six years prior to the start of the novel's events?

4. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?

5. What reasons does Starr give for wondering if she should go to Khalil's funeral and for feeling like a phony once she does go?

6. What sort of help does DeVante seek from Maverick and what sort of help does he receive?

7. What racist comment does Hailey make to Starr during the basketball game in PE that upsets Starr?

8. What action does Starr take that she names as a betrayal worse than dating a white boy and why?

9. What does Starr say she has always said she would do if she ever saw a black person killed just for being black and how does it contrast with her feelings now that she is actually in that position?

10. What reasons does Starr give for keeping from Chris the fact that she had witnessed Khalil's murder?

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