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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's mother like?
(a) Loving but is mostly gone.
(b) Nice enough but standoffish.
(c) A drug addict.
(d) An alcoholic.

3. Why does D obey her foster mother?
(a) She is a very polite girl.
(b) It is better than living on the street.
(c) She doesn't want to go to a juvenile center.
(d) She likes her foster mother.

4. What racial heritage is D?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Black.
(c) Mixed.
(d) Caucasian.

5. What does Tupac's death force the narrator to consider?
(a) How wonderful life is.
(b) Whether guns should be outlawed.
(c) D's bad choices.
(d) D's influence on her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does D feel about her mother?

2. What does Brenda do with her baby in a song?

3. In Chapter 1, what are the girls doing in the beginning of the chapter?

4. What did Tupac do while he was in jail?

5. What does D think one needs to find in life?

(see the answer key)

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