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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. When does Tash expect to be out?
(a) In a week.
(b) He has no expectations.
(c) Within 2 years.
(d) The end of summer.

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

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

4. What does the narrator say is the loudest sound in the world?
(a) The sound of the silence while waiting to be called in to see Tash.
(b) The soft sound of prison gates locking.
(c) The sound of a mother crying for her imprisoned son.
(d) The sound of a grown man crying from abuse in prison.

5. Why does Randall not tell his side of the story?
(a) He is intimidated.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He hates Tash now.
(d) He is hospitalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neeka want to attain?

2. What is the narrator's normal demeanor?

3. Why have several colleges contacted Jayjones?

4. Who is Randall?

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

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