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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's normal demeanor?
(a) Happy and outgoing.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Quiet and reserved.
(d) Rambunctious.

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

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

5. For what is Jayjones known?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Being a straight A student.
(c) Having a car.
(d) Playing football.

6. For whom is Neeka's brother Albert named?
(a) Albert Brooks.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Albert Louis-Jean.
(d) Albert Schweitzer.

7. What does D think one needs to find in life?
(a) A big purpose.
(b) A kind boyfriend.
(c) A way to get around the system.
(d) A lot of friends.

8. What is Neeka's second brother's name?`
(a) Johnson.
(b) Vernon.
(c) Tash.
(d) Henry.

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

10. What are Neeka and the narrator doing?
(a) Playing hopscotch.
(b) Teaching kids to jump rope.
(c) Sitting on the stoop talking.
(d) Playing jacks.

11. How did the narrator see Tupac?
(a) As a hero and survivor.
(b) As someone who wrote hateful songs.
(c) As a violent gang member.
(d) As a truly great ball player.

12. Why is Tash in jail?
(a) House burglary.
(b) Armed robbery.
(c) Gang fighting.
(d) An unnamed crime.

13. What does the narrator think Mama is thinking of when Mama looks sadly out the window?
(a) Of what could have been.
(b) Of the family the Mama was raised in.
(c) Of the narrator's father.
(d) Of getting out of that neighborhood.

14. What does Jayjones bring home for the three girls to eat?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Hamburgers and fries.
(c) Cuban sandwiches.
(d) Fish and chips.

15. What makes the narrator jealous of D?
(a) Jayjones walks her to the bus stop.
(b) Jayjones asks her to the movies.
(c) Neeka's other brother walks D to the bus stop.
(d) D has a new dress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Tupac's mother when she was pregnant with him?

3. How many times was Tupac shot the first time he was shot?

4. What did Tupac's shooting cause some people to call him?

5. In Chapter 1, to where does the narrator flashback?

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