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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. To which of the following does Shayla compare her heart?
2. Which of the following does Shayla’s father quote?
3. Which of the following does Shayla include in her eyeball journal?
4. With which of the following does Chapter 4: "Emerson" begin?
5. Which of the following does Shayla suspect she can out-sing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Shayla cite as the fun in practicing for hurdles?
2. Why does Shayla note liking lockers?
3. What reason does Coach West cite for arranging the preseason meet?
4. What remarks does Principal Trask have about Shayla’s Halloween costume?
5. What does Shayla envision when considering Emerson’s comment about going where there is no path?
6. How are “‘old school’ parties” defined in the novel (141-42)?
7. Who are the members of Shayla’s mother’s book club?
8. What are the rules of Command?
9. Why is Shayla angrier at Julia than at Stacy for the Command given Tyler?
10. How does Shayla define talking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A number of readers cite the following passage as being of importance (41): “Okay, like if you eat unhealthy food a long time, you’re going to be unhealthy, right? Well, for too long people have been fed a diet about Black folks. About folks with brown skin. Making them think we’re scary. And that’s how the police have been trained to act. It’s going to take a long time to change people’s minds.”
Assuming that the passage is important to the novel, how and why is it so?
Essay Topic 2
The protagonist of the novel is a young Black girl. How might the novel be different were its protagonist a young Hispanic girl? Why might it be different in those ways?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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