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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 have several colleges contacted Jayjones?
(a) No colleges have shown interest in Jayjones.
(b) Because of his athletic skills.
(c) Because of his high SAT scores.
(d) Because of his high grade point average.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?

2. When was the first time Tupac was shot?

3. How many times was Tupac shot the first time he was shot?

4. For what was Tupac known?

5. What does the narrator wonder about Tupac and the song about Brenda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other children are in Neeka's family and how many of them are there?

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

3. What are the narrator and Neeka trying to teach the younger children and how does that end?

4. Who is Jayjones, why is he known at school and what does he want to do with his life?

5. What do the narrator and Neeka hear on the news about Tupac in Chapter 7 and how do the girls react? What does the narrator's mother say about it?

6. 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?

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

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

9. What does the narrator say about Tupac Shakur and getting shot in the prologue?

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

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