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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. How many kilograms of crack did the judge hold Sharanda accountable for?

2. Where did Billy work?

3. How many years was Sharanda's mother sentenced to serve in a federal prison?

4. How many charges of aiding and abetting the distribution of crack cocaine was Sharanda charged with in 1999?

5. In what grade was Barnett when she started playing basketball?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was stacking?

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

3. What type of law was Barnett studying in Chapter 7?

4. How does Barnett describe what her mother was like in Chapter 1?

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

6. How did Barnett describe the town of Commerce and its history?

7. When did Evelyn and Billy marry, and where did they live?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Barnett enjoyed attending church. How was church a part of Barnett’s childhood? What elements of a church service spoke to her? What did church mean to Barnett, and how did a sermon at Morning Star Baptist Church help her clean up her life?

Essay Topic 2

Barnett dated a drug dealer named Red for a time. How would you describe the relationship between Barnett and Red? How did their relationship become abusive? How did Barnett extricate herself from the relationship, and why was it difficult for her to do so?

Essay Topic 3

Any help Evelyn received for her addiction in prison she had to find or provide herself. How did Evelyn have to fight for resources and engineer her own recovery from addiction when she was in prison?

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