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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 old was Barnett in Chapter 2?

2. When in United States v. Booker, did the U.S. Supreme Court hold that mandatory federal sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional?

3. What caused Barnett to be absent from school a lot in Chapter 3?

4. Where was Mama Toni from?

5. In the late 1990s, how much time could a Black person get for possession of a dime bag of marijuana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Barnett describe the justice system in Chapter 3?

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

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

7. What struggles did Leland have, and how did he change?

8. In the "Prologue," how long did it take for Sharanda to see her daughter as a free woman again and why?

9. Why did Leland serve time in jail?

10. Why was Evelyn a functioning addict?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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