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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. Why does Jayjones think black people have been falsely imprisoned?
(a) They are not given fair trials because the system is too overloaded.
(b) He does not know why.
(c) Racism.
(d) They can't afford good lawyers.

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

3. Where do D, Neeka and the narrator get off the bus?
(a) At a friend's house where there is a party.
(b) Near a dark city park.
(c) At D's cousin's house.
(d) At the mall.

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

5. What school does Jayjones attend?
(a) Lincoln High.
(b) Washington School for the Arts.
(c) Grady High School.
(d) He is out of school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator doing when she says she feels whole for the first time?

2. Where has Jayjones been exercising?

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

4. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about D?

5. What do Neeka and the narrator hear on the radio?

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