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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 do Neeka and the narrator decide?
(a) Jacks are for babies.
(b) The sidewalk is too cracked to play hopscotch.
(c) Everyone has to learn jump rope on her own.
(d) The baby brother is a lot of trouble.

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

3. What did Tupac's shooting cause some people to call him?
(a) A gangster.
(b) A drug runner.
(c) A hate mongrel.
(d) An unlucky dude.

4. What does the narrator think she read about Albert's namesake?
(a) He was born with a brain disorder.
(b) He was not a nice man.
(c) He was really black.
(d) He died young.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does D envy Neeka?

2. What does D say to Neeka and the narrator when they meet and they ask about her family?

3. How long have Neeka and the narrator known each other?

4. How did the narrator see Tupac?

5. Who took D Foster away before Tupac was shot a second time?

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