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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. Why is Tash imprisoned?

2. What does the narrator say is the effect of Tash's music?

3. What does the narrator envy about Neeka?

4. What does Neeka fear?

5. What does the narrator say about the evidence against Tupac for sexual assault?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Neeka's family do while visiting with Tash and what does Miss Irene say about his lawyer? What does Tash tell her?

3. What did Sly and a friend of his do to Tash and Randall?

4. What does Neeka say she wants to do when she grows up?

5. What does Tash tell Jayjones about crime?

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

7. How does Neeka's family enter the prison and how do they feel about the guards?

8. Who was Tash's music teacher and what did he think of Tash's playing?

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

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

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 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 is a "throwaway child", and the system allows foster parents to take her on (for government payments) and then dispose of her at their will. Furthermore, the reader gets the sense that the court has erred in granting D's real mother custody, considering the mother's history of alcoholism and negligence.

1. What do you think are the major problems with the foster care system in the United States? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think the courts should have so much power over the lives of children and their parents? Why or why not? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss the mental and emotional impacts D's life situation might have on her in the long term. Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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