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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 64: "Go Down Big" begin?

2. Which of the following students accosts Alex?

3. Of which of the following athletes does Hana have a poster in her room?

4. With which of the following does Shayla note having attended elementary school?

5. What is the vehicle of Richard’s metaphor about the unfairness of the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Shayla’s mother’s rule about dinner?

2. How does Bernard improvise an armband?

3. Why does Shayla express disbelief at the trial verdict?

4. What is Mr. Powell’s warning to Shayla?

5. To what does Shayla ascribe the prevalence of armbands at her school?

6. How does Shayla explain leading Tyler on to Isabella?

7. What reasons does Julia give for demurring from wearing a black armband when Shayla offers her one?

8. What reasons does Shayla note for wanting a closer friendship with Yolanda?

9. Why does Isabella rebuke Shayla for thinking she would engage with Jace?

10. What reason does Bernard give for having defended Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The protagonist of the novel is a young Black girl. How might the novel be different were its protagonist a young Black boy? Why might it be different in those ways?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The narrative remarks on several attempts by the protagonist to go into sport, and other sports than those mentioned are generally available to middle school students. Thus, there is significance to the protagonist going into track. How might the novel change had the protagonist gone into a different athletic activity, such as softball or cheerleading, and why would it change in such ways?

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