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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. When did Geniece die?

2. When Sharanda started selling her tamales, how many orders did she have by the end of the day?

3. In Chapter 13, how long had Sari worked for the Washington Post?

4. When was Sharanda transferred to Carswell?

5. In Chapter 15, how many family members did Barnett plan to have converge on Washington in November along with activists and attorneys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life at the halfway house like for Donel?

2. Why is 16 a significant number for Corey?

3. How was Barnett struggling with the contrast between her job at ORIX and her pro bono work in Chapter 13?

4. What type of crafting did Sharanda do to keep her mind busy and make commissary money?

5. Why did federal judge Kevin Sharp resign?

6. What did a school principal do when Chris's grades dropped?

7. Who was Corey Jacobs?

8. Why did the halfway house give Corey a 24-hour pass in Chapter 17, and what did Corey do?

9. Where did Barnett go to work in Chapter 11?

10. What did Barnett do after Mike received his first reduction in sentence and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marc and Mike Jr. were toddlers when their father, Mike Wilson was incarcerated? What were the challenges of maintaining a relationship between the boys and their father when Mike was imprisoned?

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

The title of the book is A Knock at Midnight. What sermon of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s inspired the title? What does the title symbolize and how does it relate to Dr. King’s sermon?

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