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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does D ask the narrator and Neeka one Friday night?
(a) If Tash was home yet.
(b) Why Neeka's mother looks down on her.
(c) If D can come over for dinner.
(d) If they would like to roam with her.

2. How many times was Tupac shot the first time he was shot?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. Why do Neeka and the narrator quit what they are doing?
(a) The ice cream truck pulls up.
(b) Neeka's mother calls her home.
(c) The kids won't listen to them.
(d) Neeka has to change her baby brother's diaper.

4. Who watches the three girls jump rope?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The older boys.
(c) Neeka's mother.
(d) The younger girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it about the East Side train that makes the narrator and Neeka's family uneasy?

3. What does Sly convince Tash to do?

4. What does the narrator say is the loudest sound in the world?

5. What does Neeka say about Tash?

(see the answer key)

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