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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Neeka's mother like?
(a) Overbearing but loving.
(b) She is an alcoholic.
(c) Stern and unyielding.
(d) She is a drug addict.

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

4. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about D?
(a) Snobbish towards her.
(b) Don't like her.
(c) Very fond.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

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

8. Why have the narrator and Neeka not gone to visit D at her house?
(a) They have never wanted to visit D.
(b) They don't have money for the bus.
(c) They aren't allowed to leave the block.
(d) D won't let them see where she lives.

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

10. How long have Neeka and the narrator known each other?
(a) Since they were babies.
(b) For two years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Six months.

11. What is the narrator always doing?
(a) Drawing pictures.
(b) Playing basketball.
(c) Talking on the phone.
(d) Reading.

12. What did Tupac do while he was in jail?
(a) Play basketball for the prison team.
(b) Get a college degree.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Release an album.

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

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

15. What is D's foster mother's name?
(a) Ida.
(b) Flo.
(c) Edna.
(d) Lottie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first time Tupac was shot?

2. In what movie does Tupac play a starring role?

3. What does Neeka think Jayjones should do?

4. What habit does the narrator pick up from D that her mother dislikes?

5. For what was Tupac known?

(see the answer keys)

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