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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 D say about a counselor's statement in a group home?
(a) The counselor says that D is no good.
(b) The counselor says that D's kind of child is a throwaway kid.
(c) The counselor says that D has more potential than any child there.
(d) The counselor says that D is wonderful.

2. Who watches the three girls jump rope?
(a) The older boys.
(b) Neeka's mother.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The younger girls.

3. How does the narrator feel when Jayjones tells her about pretty girls and eating?
(a) She dislikes Jayjones.
(b) She feels angry.
(c) She thinks it is funny.
(d) Inferior.

4. What does D think one needs to find in life?
(a) A kind boyfriend.
(b) A way to get around the system.
(c) A big purpose.
(d) A lot of friends.

5. What is the narrator doing when she says she feels whole for the first time?
(a) Dancing with a very handsome young man.
(b) Standing on the stage in the amphitheater.
(c) Snorting cocaine.
(d) Singing for the party guests.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say is the effect of Tash's music?

3. In Chapter 4, what regret does the narrator's mother express?

4. How does Neeka think she could help Tash out of his legal problems?

5. Where does the narrator go with Miss Irene one Saturday in the summer?

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