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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?
(a) To indicate he is gay.
(b) He waves at cars like he is the Queen of England.
(c) He likes to dress in female clothing but he dates women.
(d) Because it makes him angry and he is fun to tease.

2. To what point does the narration move forward in Chapter 10?
(a) Two years later.
(b) Three years later.
(c) November.
(d) The next May.

3. Where did Tash play piano before going to prison?
(a) A local nightclub.
(b) In his school orchestra.
(c) Church.
(d) For his school chorus.

4. How does Tash's recklessness get him in trouble?
(a) He falls in love with the wrong men.
(b) He is easily led to crime.
(c) He loses his friends through it.
(d) He gets in spats with the police.

5. What is Neeka's second brother's name?`
(a) Tash.
(b) Henry.
(c) Vernon.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neeka fear?

2. What is one thing Jayjones says black people cannot do?

3. What does D say to Neeka and the narrator when they meet and they ask about her family?

4. How many sets of twins does Neeka's family have?

5. How is Sly whenever Tash meets him?

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