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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does D say to Neeka and the narrator when they meet and they ask about her family?
(a) She has four brothers and a sister.
(b) She has one brother and one sister.
(c) She has two brothers.
(d) She is an only child.

2. How long have Neeka and the narrator known each other?
(a) Four years.
(b) Since they were babies.
(c) Six months.
(d) For two years.

3. Why do Neeka and the narrator quit what they are doing?
(a) The kids won't listen to them.
(b) Neeka has to change her baby brother's diaper.
(c) The ice cream truck pulls up.
(d) Neeka's mother calls her home.

4. How did the narrator see Tupac?
(a) As a hero and survivor.
(b) As someone who wrote hateful songs.
(c) As a violent gang member.
(d) As a truly great ball player.

5. What does the narrator think Mama is thinking of when Mama looks sadly out the window?
(a) Of the narrator's father.
(b) Of what could have been.
(c) Of the family the Mama was raised in.
(d) Of getting out of that neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel when Jayjones tells her about pretty girls and eating?

2. What does Jayjones say happens to black men in the wrong places?

3. When was the first time Tupac was shot?

4. In what movie does Tupac play a starring role?

5. Why are the narrator and Neeka jealous of D right off?

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