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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. About what does Neeka tease D when D returns in a few days with a jump rope?
(a) About being an only child.
(b) About liking her only so she can jump rope.
(c) About hanging out with the narrator.
(d) About having a lot of brothers.

2. Where do the girls walk?
(a) To the basement where the party is going on.
(b) The the cousin's neighbor's house.
(c) To an ice cream store.
(d) To a large amphitheater in the park.

3. What do Neeka and the narrator hear on the radio?
(a) That Tupac is sentenced to 20 years.
(b) That Tupac has been shot.
(c) That some white boys beat up a black kid on the ball court.
(d) That Tupac is acquitted.

4. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about D?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Snobbish towards her.
(c) Don't like her.
(d) Very fond.

5. What does Brenda do with her baby in a song?
(a) Throws it in the garbage can.
(b) Lets the father take it.
(c) Gives it up for adoption.
(d) Raises it by herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think Mama is thinking of when Mama looks sadly out the window?

2. For whom is Neeka's brother Albert named?

3. Where do D, Neeka and the narrator get off the bus?

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

5. Who watches the three girls jump rope?

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