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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mama ask about D and her family?
2. Why does Jayjones think he was hassled?
3. Who hassles Jayjones?
4. What does D say is the reason she came to the block where Neeka and the narrator are?
5. Who arrives with swollen eyes from crying?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Jayjones bring home for the girls to eat and what does he say to D about the food?
3. 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?
4. How long has the narrator known Neeka and how did they meet D?
5. What does Jayjones tell the girls about him and Tupac?
6. What other children are in Neeka's family and how many of them are there?
7. What do the narrator and Neeka dream about when they listen to Tupac's music and how old are they?
8. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about Tupac?
9. What does the narrator say about Tupac Shakur and getting shot in the prologue?
10. Who is Neeka's other brother and why do Neeka and the narrator dislike the homophobic rap songs? Where is this brother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator doesn't know who her own father is, either. Mama expresses regret for the narrator not having a father. Some days Mama looks sadly out the window, and the narrator can tell she's thinking of what could have been.
1. Do you think most of the characters in this book regret something in their past? Discuss your opinion in depth using examples from the book.
2. How do you think not knowing her father has affected the narrator's life and her feelings about herself and others? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. Do you think dwelling on the past and what might have been can negatively impact the present? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Jayjones, who is Neeka's older brother, is a star basketball player at Grady High School. He aspires to play professional basketball.
1. Do you think Jayjones is wise to pin all his hopes on being drafted for pro ball? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
2. School athletes often have low grades because they spend too much time on sports. Defend or refute this statement in depth. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
3. High schools and colleges should require academic excellence from all athletes in case the athlete is unable to earn a living in his/her chosen sport. Defend or refute this statement in depth. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?
2. Analyze and discuss After Tupac and D Foster based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if After Tupac and D Foster is a successful novel.
3. Do you think the fact that After Tupac and D Foster is a youth book changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.
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