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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks D's friends?
(a) That she doesn't care that Tupac is shot.
(b) That she is leaving the city.
(c) That she swears at the white policeman.
(d) To learn she is so impoverished.

2. What does the narrator wonder about Tupac and the song about Brenda?
(a) She doesn't really connect his personal life with the song.
(b) If Tupac was found in a garbage can.
(c) If Tupac was thinking of his own mother.
(d) If Tupac was the father of the baby.

3. How did Jayjones get his nickname?
(a) From his ball t-shirt.
(b) He made it up himself.
(c) From his father.
(d) From his mother.

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

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

6. What is the narrator's mother like?
(a) A drug addict.
(b) Loving but is mostly gone.
(c) Nice enough but standoffish.
(d) An alcoholic.

7. About how old were the three girl friends when Tupac was shot?
(a) About fourteen.
(b) About twelve.
(c) About nine.
(d) About ten.

8. To what famous group did Tupac's mother belong?
(a) The Hell's Angels.
(b) The Bloods.
(c) Students for a Democractic Society.
(d) The Black Panthers.

9. What does Jayjones tell D about pretty girls and eating?
(a) Pretty girls eat sandwiches.
(b) Pretty girls don't like fries.
(c) Eating fish makes pretty girls even better looking.
(d) Pretty girls eat wings.

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

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

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

13. How does the narrator feel when Jayjones tells her about pretty girls and eating?
(a) She dislikes Jayjones.
(b) She feels angry.
(c) She thinks it is funny.
(d) Inferior.

14. When was the first time Tupac was shot?
(a) December, 1995.
(b) November, 1994.
(c) October, 1993.
(d) August, 1992.

15. Why does D obey her foster mother?
(a) She is a very polite girl.
(b) It is better than living on the street.
(c) She doesn't want to go to a juvenile center.
(d) She likes her foster mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the narrator and Neeka jealous of D right off?

2. What does D think one needs to find in life?

3. What did confused people label Albert's namesake according to the narrator?

4. Who took D Foster away before Tupac was shot a second time?

5. What is the name of the game Neeka wants to play with a jump rope?

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