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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 was in the garden that came with Evelyn's apartment in Chapter 8?

2. Where was Shakur taken and incarcerated in Chapter 5?

3. What did Shakur try to read on the beach in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 10, how much did Shakur have to pay an employment agency to get her a job?

5. Where did Shakur move with her mother and sister in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Shakur like to do on the weekends in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 1, where did the detectives take Shakur and what did they tell her after her x-rays?

3. How did Shakur describe the Morristown Jail?

4. In Chapter 6, what was the apartment like where Shakur went the first night she ran away?

5. What did Shakur say about her early years in Chapter 2?

6. What did Miss Shirley look like when Shakur first met her?

7. In Chapter 2, what instructions would Shakur's grandmother give her when she was sent to the store?

8. What did Shakur feel and hear at the beginning of Chapter 1?

9. What type of treatment did Shakur receive when she was hospitalized at the beginning of Chapter 9?

10. What did Shakur like to do in Evelyn's neighborhood in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shakur’s defense team could not find experts to testify on her behalf for the New Jersey trial. Why was it not possible to find experts to testify, and how did the lack of experts affect the verdict of the trial?

Essay Topic 2

Shakur often had disagreements with her mother. What type of relationship did Shakur have with her mother, and how did her behavior affect that relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Shakur often wrote the United States in lower case letters. Why did Shakur write the United States in lower case letters, and what did this reveal about how she viewed the United States?

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