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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. What do the three girls have with the jump rope?
(a) Stong arms.
(b) Skinned knees.
(c) Instant rhythm.
(d) Fights about turns.

2. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?
(a) He likes to dress in female clothing but he dates women.
(b) He waves at cars like he is the Queen of England.
(c) Because it makes him angry and he is fun to tease.
(d) To indicate he is gay.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Neeka and the narrator doing?

2. How long have Neeka and the narrator known each other?

3. What racial heritage is D?

4. What do Neeka and the narrator decide?

5. In Chapter 1, what are the girls doing in the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Neeka's other brother and why do Neeka and the narrator dislike the homophobic rap songs? Where is this brother?

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

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

5. How long has the narrator known Neeka and how did they meet D?

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 the narrator say about Tupac Shakur and getting shot in the prologue?

8. 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?

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

10. How does D describe herself and why do Neeka and the narrator envy her? What does D envy about Neeka?

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