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

2. What is D's foster mother's name?
(a) Flo.
(b) Edna.
(c) Ida.
(d) Lottie.

3. What is the news about Tash?
(a) He is getting out of jail.
(b) He has been given another year for bad behavior.
(c) He is being moved to another prison.
(d) He is dying.

4. Why does Randall not tell his side of the story?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He hates Tash now.
(c) He is hospitalized.
(d) He is intimidated.

5. What does Neeka want to attain?
(a) Enough money to hire a babysitter for her brothers.
(b) She has no idea.
(c) A published book.
(d) Tupac's level of fame.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, to where does the narrator flashback?

2. What is the narrator always doing?

3. Why is the narrator hesitant about D's request?

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

5. What does Neeka's group share?

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