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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Neeka think Jayjones should do?
(a) Join the Marines.
(b) Work hard at his basketball.
(c) Give up basketball.
(d) Join the Army.

2. When was the first time Tupac was shot?
(a) December, 1995.
(b) August, 1992.
(c) October, 1993.
(d) November, 1994.

3. What is D's biggest dream?
(a) She will go to college.
(b) Her biological mother will come for her.
(c) She will marry a wealthy man.
(d) She will become a movie star.

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

5. What does D say is the reason she came to the block where Neeka and the narrator are?
(a) Her aunt lives there.
(b) The pretty trees.
(c) That was as far as her money would take her on the bus.
(d) It is no gang territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did confused people label Albert's namesake according to the narrator?

2. What is Neeka's mother like?

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

4. Why is Tash in jail?

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

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