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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Ingredients," what do the boys eat after they go swimming?
(a) Peanut butter sandwiches.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Celery and peanut butter.
(d) Granola bars.

2. How many years in advance did Nivia's parents pay to stay at Chatterley House even before Nivia arrived her freshman year?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. Where does Dayshia Banks work?
(a) Bloomingdale's.
(b) Macy's.
(c) Neiman Marcus.
(d) Nordstrom.

4. How old are the campers at Oak Creek Campground Raven is working with on her spring break?
(a) 4th grade.
(b) 6th grade.
(c) 5th grade.
(d) 7th grade.

5. What place burns in "Black.Nerd. Problems."?
(a) Mall--Stars.
(b) Chinese restaurant.
(c) Foot Locker.
(d) Gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nearly gets hit by a car in "The Ingredients" when the boys are talking about sandwiches?

2. Where does Cam's grandmother work?

3. What do Natasha and Raven usually do on the last day of camp?

4. Where does Cassie learn about Tessa's death in "Out of the Silence"?

5. What is the name of the girl Myron thinks Cam should focus on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Cam spend his summers?

2. When Zoboi immigrated to the U.S. as a child, how was she accepted by the Black and Latinx kids in her Brooklyn neighborhood?

3. What do Jamal, Big Boy, Flaco, and Randy talk about when they walk home from the pool, and what do they eat when they get to Flaco's house?

4. What does career path does Nivia's father want her to follow and why?

5. Why did Cassie not go to Tessa's funeral?

6. What conversation do Joni and Junior have in "Oreo"?

7. Who claims Nivia's work with Broken Reflections as her own and why?

8. How did Cassie know Tessa?

9. What does Raven remember about being seven?

10. Why do Jamal, Big Boy, Flaco, and Randy never shower after swimming?

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