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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 type of bowtie is Kassius wearing on page 205?

2. In Malcolm's sewing room, how old is he in the photo with his grandmother?

3. What do CJ, Taye, and Haru deliver when everything shuts down?

4. In "The Gender Reveal," why does Malcolm dad pick him and Janet up after school?

5. When CJ Walker wakes in the hospital, what body part is broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "But Also, Jazz," what does Pastor Sweat want Brandon to do?

2. How do Keziah and Adanna get off the Stonehound?

3. In "But Also, Jazz," what does Kel feel as he watches his mother and aunty dancing?

4. What is Fuerza?

5. What are the Turkey Bowl rules?

6. What does Mr. G tell Fort when Fort comments that some of the stories they have collected are sad?

7. Why does Grandpa Charlie tell Wes that he would like to be like him?

8. Why does Kassius throw the Turkey Bowl?

9. Why is Grandpa Charlie like Superman to Wes?

10. In "The Gender Reveal," who is Janet Jacobs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dylan grieves for his mother in “Extinct.” How does Dylan relate her loss to things he knows and understands?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. How are first-person, second-person, and third-person points of view used in the stories? How do these points of view influence what you know about events and characters? Do any of these points of view make it easier to identify with the main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Big Mac sets up a competition between his grandsons to be held after he dies in “The McCoy Game.” What is Big Mac’s goal for the competition?

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