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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does Chapter 6: "Tuna & Metal" begin?

2. With which of the following does Chapter 26: "Squad Goals" begin?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 24: "Batgirl & Boots" begin?

4. With which of the following does Chapter 3: "Four Laps" begin?

5. To which of the following are Shayla’s mother’s friends compared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shayla cite as the origin of her friendship with Isabella and Julia?

2. How does Shayla define talking?

3. Why is Shayla angrier at Julia than at Stacy for the Command given Tyler?

4. What hope does Mr. Powell voice for his students?

5. What advice does Shayla receive about running hurdles when she first begins to train for them?

6. How does Shayla’s father explain restricted sports leagues?

7. Why does Shayla note the Monday after Halloween got off to a bad start for her?

8. What reaction does Shayla’s mother have to her dressing up as a Black Panther for Halloween?

9. Why does Shayla note liking to run?

10. Why does Shayla note liking Mrs. Alvarez?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from concerns of racial tensions, what is the most important theme of A Good Kind of Trouble. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

In what years can the novel take place? What in the text and in its contexts indicates as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What significance accrues to the relative lack of depictions of fatherhood in the novel? How does that significance emerge?

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