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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. How does the narrator describe the prison guards?
(a) As cold.
(b) As friendly.
(c) As kindly.
(d) As intimidating.

2. Why is Tash imprisoned?
(a) As an accomplice to assault and robbery.
(b) For assault on a police officer.
(c) As an accomplish to murder.
(d) For illegal drugs.

3. What does Neeka want to attain?
(a) A published book.
(b) Tupac's level of fame.
(c) She has no idea.
(d) Enough money to hire a babysitter for her brothers.

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

5. Who is Randall?
(a) Tash's piano teacher.
(b) Neeka's boyfriend.
(c) Tash's big brother.
(d) Miss Irene's son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Neeka's group share?

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

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

5. Where does D tell them they are going?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about the amphitheater and what do the girls do on the stage?

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

3. What does Tash look like when he comes into the visitation area and how does he act?

4. What has D learned about her real mother and how does she feel about it?

5. What does Neeka's family do while visiting with Tash and what does Miss Irene say about his lawyer? What does Tash tell her?

6. What does the narrator's mother give her for her birthday?

7. How was Tash as far as dating and who did he fall for right before he went to prison, what was the man like and what did Tash convince himself about the man?

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

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

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

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