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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Neeka tease D when D returns in a few days with a jump rope?
(a) About hanging out with the narrator.
(b) About liking her only so she can jump rope.
(c) About having a lot of brothers.
(d) About being an only child.

2. In what movie does Tupac play a starring role?
(a) Just Set Your Course.
(b) Juice.
(c) Jambala.
(d) Snappin' Rappin'.

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

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

5. What is the name of the game Neeka wants to play with a jump rope?
(a) London Bridge.
(b) Double Dutch.
(c) In Two, Out One.
(d) Seven jump spin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator always doing?

2. What does Jayjones bring home for the three girls to eat?

3. Who arrives with swollen eyes from crying?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Neeka's mother like, what is her name and how does she feel about D when she first meets D?

2. What does Neeka say to Jayjones when he tells her what happened to him at the park?

3. What are D, the narrator, and Neeka doing in the opening of Chapter 1 and what is "Brenda's Got a Baby" about?

4. What does D say looking at Tupac does to her?

5. What do the narrator and Neeka envy about D and what does Neeka ask D to bring the next time she comes?

6. When does D come back and what happens when the girls begin to jump rope?

7. Why does Jayjones arrive at the house breathless in Chapter 5?

8. What do the narrator and Neeka dream about when they listen to Tupac's music and how old are they?

9. What does D say is the reason she loves Tupac and how do the narrator and Neeka feel about what she says?

10. Who is D's foster mother, what is she like, and why does D obey her?

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