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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. What happens to the narrator and Neeka in May?
(a) They are arrested for loitering.
(b) They both turn 12.
(c) They both turn 16.
(d) They graduate from high school.

2. What makes the narrator jealous of D?
(a) Jayjones asks her to the movies.
(b) Jayjones walks her to the bus stop.
(c) Neeka's other brother walks D to the bus stop.
(d) D has a new dress.

3. Where does D tell them they are going?
(a) She does not tell them.
(b) Back to her house after dinner.
(c) No where.
(d) D decides they should just stay in after dinner.

4. Who is Flo?
(a) D's real mother.
(b) Neeka's mother.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) A kind woman who does not want D for the government benefits.

5. Why do some people take on D as a foster child?
(a) To make her work and keep the house.
(b) As a live in babysitter.
(c) For the government benefits.
(d) To abuse her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children are in Neeka's family?

2. What does D ask the narrator and Neeka one Friday night?

3. What do Sly and the other man do at Randall's?

4. What does D say is the reason she came to the block where Neeka and the narrator are?

5. Why is Tash moved?

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