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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. For how long is Tupac sentenced?
(a) 60 days.
(b) 1 year.
(c) Up to 4 1/2 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. Why does going to a juvenile detention center seem appealing to Neeka?
(a) For some peace and quiet.
(b) She would be horrified to go to such a place.
(c) Because then her mother couldn't make her babysit.
(d) To show solidarity with Tash.

3. What does the narrator envy about Neeka?
(a) Neeka's brilliance.
(b) Her perfect features.
(c) Her noisy family.
(d) Her family's money.

4. Who does Tash say he will repay?
(a) The judge who sent him there.
(b) Tupac.
(c) His brother.
(d) Miss Irene.

5. What does D vow after hearing the counselor?
(a) To find her birth father who would love her.
(b) To be the perfect child.
(c) To show the counselfor that she was tough.
(d) To find her birth mother who would love her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does D say about a counselor's statement in a group home?

2. What does the narrator endure in order to get to where they are going?

3. Why does Jayjones think black people have been falsely imprisoned?

4. To what does the narrator relate Tupac's arrest?

5. What does the narrator say about the evidence against Tupac for sexual assault?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sly and a friend of his do to Tash and Randall?

2. What does Neeka complain about on the way to the prison and what does she think she can do about it?

3. Where is D going to live and what do the friends vow?

4. How does Miss Irene react to the photographer in Chapter 15?

5. What happens in May with the narrator and how does she feel about it?

6. What does Tash ask Jayjones and what does Tash say is the first thing he is going to do when he leaves prison?

7. What does Tash tell Jayjones about crime?

8. What do Neeka and the narrator do when they come home after being with D in Chapter 11?

9. Where does D have the girls get off the bus and how do they feel about entering the place where she has brought them?

10. Who was Tash's music teacher and what did he think of Tash's playing?

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