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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. Where do D, Neeka and the narrator get off the bus?
(a) At D's cousin's house.
(b) Near a dark city park.
(c) At the mall.
(d) At a friend's house where there is a party.

2. Why does young Albert have to take off his wire-rimmed glasses?
(a) They are fogging up because he is crying.
(b) He doesn't wear glasses.
(c) So he cannot give them to Tash to make a knife out of.
(d) To go through the metal detector.

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

4. What does Neeka fear?
(a) Being arrested.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Being beaten or raped.
(d) Her mother finding out.

5. What does Neeka think she cannot find in her family?
(a) A man who will tolerate them.
(b) Her Big Purpose.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Popularity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is behind the picture from the narrator's mother?

3. What does Neeka want to attain?

4. How does Tash refer to himself?

5. To what point does the narration move forward in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Tash do at church before he went to prison?

3. What is D's history with foster homes?

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

5. How does Neeka's family enter the prison and how do they feel about the guards?

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

7. What does Neeka say she wants to do when she grows up?

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

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

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

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