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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. In what movie does Tupac play a starring role?

2. What is Neeka's second brother's name?`

3. What is the narrator's mother like?

4. What did confused people label Albert's namesake according to the narrator?

5. Why does the narrator call Neeka's second brother a queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jayjones bring home for the girls to eat and what does he say to D about the food?

2. For what does the narrator have a reputation?

3. What does Neeka interrogate D about when they meet and why did D come to their street?

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

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

6. What does Jayjones tell the girls about him and Tupac?

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

8. What does the narrator think about Tupac and the song "Brenda's Got a Baby"?

9. What does the narrator say about Tupac Shakur and getting shot in the prologue?

10. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about Tupac?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by this book. Questions that most likely Butler wanted the readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the author's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Woodson's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of the narrator and Neeka. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How do those support each other in their friendship? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of the narrator and D. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How do those support each other in their friendship? Be specific and give examples.

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in After Tupac and D Foster how do they drive the plot and what are their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

D reveals how she loves Tupac because she feels he knows what extreme hunger is like and what it is to go hungry because you don't have enough money. D's friends are shocked that D had such an impoverished upbringing. Neeka assures D that her mother will always have food for D, and D is grateful.

1. Why do you think in a country as rich as America there are still people who don't have enough to eat? Discuss your opinion in depth using examples from the book and your own life.

2. Given the fact that the narrator's mother works long hours to support them and where they live, why do you think the narrator and Neeka are shocked to find out about D's life? Discuss your opinion in depth using examples from the book and your own life.

3. Discuss in depth the following statement: Every human being has the right to enough food to eat.

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