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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tash?
(a) Emmett's father.
(b) Emmett's older brother who is in jail.
(c) A black minister who is too white.
(d) A black man shot for no reason in a white neighborhood.

2. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?
(a) He waves at cars like he is the Queen of England.
(b) To indicate he is gay.
(c) Because it makes him angry and he is fun to tease.
(d) He likes to dress in female clothing but he dates women.

3. What habit does the narrator pick up from D that her mother dislikes?
(a) Listening to Tupac's music.
(b) Eating sweets before dinner.
(c) Talking about boys all the time.
(d) Saying the word ain't.

4. Why might the boys like D better than Neeka or the narrator?
(a) D is maturing physically faster.
(b) D is the new girl on the block.
(c) D has more freedom than the other two.
(d) D knows how to flirt better.

5. Who is Daneeka Lucy Jones?
(a) The narrator's sister-in-law.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Neeka's sister-in-law.
(d) Neeka.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the day end in Chapter 1?

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

3. To what point does the narration move forward in Chapter 10?

4. How does D feel about her mother?

5. Of what is the rapper Tupac accused?

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