View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jayjones think he was hassled?
(a) Because he was a smart aleck.
(b) Because he knocked over a white boy in the ball game.
(c) Because he was going up the down escalator.
(d) Because he is black.

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

3. About how old were the three girl friends when Tupac was shot?
(a) About nine.
(b) About twelve.
(c) About ten.
(d) About fourteen.

4. What does Jayjones think will not help racism?
(a) The class on racism that is required in school.
(b) A suit and college degree.
(c) Letting the white boys win the basketball pickup game.
(d) The cops stopping black men for no reason.

5. How does the day end in Chapter 1?
(a) D teasing Neeka's older brother.
(b) The narrator having dinner with her mother.
(c) Neeka hurting her ankle.
(d) D returning home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neeka think she cannot find in her family?

2. Who arrives with swollen eyes from crying?

3. How does the narrator describe the prison guards?

4. What is the narrator's mother like?

5. How does Neeka's mother feel about D when she first meets her?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 249 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample