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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. In Chapter 2, what did Jazz find that Evelyn had in the bathroom?

2. In Chapter 3, what was Barnett's friend Sissy's real name?

3. What was Sharanda's sentence in the "Prologue"?

4. What percent of students in Professor David Lacy's Critical Race Theory class were students of color?

5. How far was the town of Commerce from Mama Lena's house in Campbell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How often was Sharanda allowed to see Clenesha after she went to prison, and why did she struggle with the visits?

2. How did Barnett find a mentor to talk to about going to law school?

3. Why was Evelyn put in prison and for how long?

4. How was Sharanda's mother, Genice Stribling, injured in a car accident?

5. What was Sharanda's life like as she went to trail in the "Prologue"?

6. What did Barnett's experience with Red teach her?

7. What was Barnett's life like when she moved to Dallas?

8. How did Evelyn and her girls get a house, and what was it like?

9. What did Jazz find in the bathroom in Chapter 2, and why did seeing what Jazz found make sense to Barnett?

10. What did the feds want from Sharanda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn became addicted to drugs. How did Evelyn become addicted to drugs? How did her addiction negatively impact her life and her family’s life?

Essay Topic 2

Barnett grew up in the small town of Fulbright. What was life like growing up in Fulbright? What is communicated about the importance of community through Barnett’s life there?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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