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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. Why does the narrator's mother question her about D?
(a) To make certain that D has enough food.
(b) To find out if D is homeless.
(c) To find out if D is a classmate.
(d) To ensure she is not the wrong type of person for her daughter to know.

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

3. Why does Jayjones think he was hassled?
(a) Because he was a smart aleck.
(b) Because he was going up the down escalator.
(c) Because he knocked over a white boy in the ball game.
(d) Because he is black.

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

5. Why do Neeka and the narrator quit what they are doing?
(a) Neeka's mother calls her home.
(b) The ice cream truck pulls up.
(c) Neeka has to change her baby brother's diaper.
(d) The kids won't listen to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator jealous of D?

2. Who arrives with swollen eyes from crying?

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

4. How many children are in Neeka's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For whom is Albert named and why does the narrator question this choice?

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

3. What does Jayjones tell the girls about him and Tupac?

4. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about Tupac?

5. What does the narrator's mother question her about concerning D, what is the narrator's response and then her mother's response to the narrator's answer?

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

7. What does Tupac's death make the narrator think about and what is the rest of the book about?

8. What does Jayjones bring home for the girls to eat and what does he say to D about the food?

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

10. For what does the narrator have a reputation?

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