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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 Neeka say about Tash?

2. What do the three girls vow to do?

3. What is the narrator doing when she says she feels whole for the first time?

4. What does D ask one late night when she comes to the narrator's home?

5. How does Tash refer to himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in May with the narrator and how does she feel about it?

3. In Chapter 11, what does D ask the narrator and Neeka if they want to do, what is their response?

4. Where is D going to live and what do the friends vow?

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 does Tash look like when he comes into the visitation area and how does he act?

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

8. What does Tash tell Jayjones about crime?

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. What happens to Tupac after he recovers, how does the narrator feel about the evidence and to what does she relate it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter eleven is perhaps the most important chapter in the book. Its central event involves the three girls disobeying their mothers' orders not to leave the block. This act is literally and figuratively evidence of maturation. The maturation culminates in a personal transformation Neeka and the narrator feel when they are on the stage of the amphitheater. They announce "We're here!" as if proclaiming their entrance into adulthood. Examining the symbolism of the setting, the girls have finally gone from mere onlookers in life to the doers, the actors, on stage.

1. Discuss, in depth, the symbolism in the scene from the amphitheater. Use examples from After Tupac and D Foster to illustrate and support your answer.

2. Why do you think the narrator and Neeka disobeying their mothers might be evidence of maturation? Students may consider the act of baby birds flying from the nest. Use examples from After Tupac and D Foster to illustrate and support your answer.

3. Why do you think the narrator said she felt "whole" for the first time when the girls were at the amphitheater? Use examples from After Tupac and D Foster to illustrate and 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

It is clear the girls love Tupac because he "speaks their language." He speaks about issues that affect them or people they know, such as racism, poverty, teen pregnancy, and the complicated nature of the relationship between mother and child.

1. This book takes place in the middle 1990's. Do you think racism is still a big issue in America at that time? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own opinion to support your answer.

2. Discuss the correlation between poverty and teen pregnancy. This may require research. Use examples from the book and your own opinion to support your answer.

3. Why do you think the relationship between a mother and her child or children is complicated? Use examples from the book and your own opinion to support your answer.

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