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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 D vow after hearing the counselor?

2. For how long is Tupac sentenced?

3. What does D learn that the court system has done?

4. What does the narrator say Tash has not lost?

5. Who is Sly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jayjones explain to the younger children about what blacks need to do to stay out of trouble?

4. What shocks Neeka and the narrator while listening to music and preparing for Tash's welcome home party? What do they learn about D?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neeka's other brother is named Tash. The narrator calls him a "Queen" and a "sissy from day one", indicating he is a homosexual. Neeka and the narrator find the rampant homophobic lyrics in some rap songs hard to listen to, considering they love Tash.

1. What do you think are the causes of homophobia? Discuss your opinion in depth using examples from the book and your own life.

2. Tash causes his problems by being too open with his life style. He should act more masculine. Defend or refute this statement. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think discrimination against gays should be against the law? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

4. Do you think song writers should be able to say hateful things about a group of people, whether they are black or old or gay or female? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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