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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brenda do with her baby in a song?
(a) Raises it by herself.
(b) Gives it up for adoption.
(c) Lets the father take it.
(d) Throws it in the garbage can.

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

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

4. In Chapter 1, to where does the narrator flashback?
(a) To the winter of 1994.
(b) To the summer of 1995.
(c) To the spring of 1993.
(d) To the summer of 1994.

5. In Chapter 1, what are the girls doing in the beginning of the chapter?
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Watching a basketball game.
(c) Watching gangs fight on the street.
(d) Watching music videos.

6. What does Tupac's death force the narrator to consider?
(a) D's bad choices.
(b) D's influence on her life.
(c) Whether guns should be outlawed.
(d) How wonderful life is.

7. What is D allowed to do during the day?
(a) She is not allowed to do anything, she is on house arrest.
(b) Go to school and stay for after school activities.
(c) Only go to school and come home.
(d) Go anywhere on the bus.

8. What school does Jayjones attend?
(a) Grady High School.
(b) He is out of school.
(c) Washington School for the Arts.
(d) Lincoln High.

9. What did confused people label Albert's namesake according to the narrator?
(a) He is a genius.
(b) He is a racist.
(c) He is a hero.
(d) He is a star athlete.

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

11. Who took D Foster away before Tupac was shot a second time?
(a) Her biological mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her foster mother.

12. Where was Tupac's mother when she was pregnant with him?
(a) Living with his father.
(b) The book doesn't say.
(c) In jail.
(d) In Washington, D.C.

13. According to the narrator what kind of clothes does D wear?
(a) Odd ones.
(b) The height of fashion.
(c) Bright ones.
(d) Raggedy ones.

14. What do the three girls have with the jump rope?
(a) Instant rhythm.
(b) Stong arms.
(c) Fights about turns.
(d) Skinned knees.

15. Why was Albert named as he was?
(a) He looked very athletic.
(b) He was born looking smart.
(c) He looked like he was going to be funny.
(d) He was very light skinned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's normal demeanor?

2. How did Tupac feel about his mother?

3. About how old were the three girl friends when Tupac was shot?

4. For whom is Neeka's brother Albert named?

5. How did the narrator see Tupac?

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