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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 do Sly and the other man do at Randall's?
2. What does Neeka fear?
3. What does the narrator say is the effect of Tash's music?
4. Who is Daneeka Lucy Jones?
5. What does the narrator say is the loudest sound in the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jayjones explain to the younger children about what blacks need to do to stay out of trouble?
2. What does Neeka say she wants to do when she grows up?
3. How does the narrator feel about the amphitheater and what do the girls do on the stage?
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. What is D's history with foster homes?
6. What did Sly and a friend of his do to Tash and Randall?
7. What did Tash do at church before he went to prison?
8. How does Neeka's family enter the prison and how do they feel about the guards?
9. What does Tash ask Jayjones and what does Tash say is the first thing he is going to do when he leaves prison?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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