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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. Of what is the rapper Tupac accused?

2. Who is Digital Underground?

3. What does Brenda do with her baby in a song?

4. What did Tupac's shooting cause some people to call him?

5. Where was Tupac's mother when she was pregnant with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Neeka's mother like, what is her name and how does she feel about D when she first meets D?

2. Who is Jayjones, why is he known at school and what does he want to do with his life?

3. What are D, the narrator, and Neeka doing in the opening of Chapter 1 and what is "Brenda's Got a Baby" about?

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

5. For what does the narrator have a reputation?

6. What do the narrator and Neeka envy about D and what does Neeka ask D to bring the next time she comes?

7. Why does Jayjones arrive at the house breathless in Chapter 5?

8. How does D describe herself and why do Neeka and the narrator envy her? What does D envy about Neeka?

9. What does the narrator and her mother discuss from the newspaper in Chapter 6 and what do they decide?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think After Tupac and D Foster is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of After Tupac and D Foster, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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