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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. Where does the winner of the Jabec Beard Art Prize get to study?

2. When was Linton McCants shot by the police?

3. What city does Cam's grandmother live in?

4. What field does Nivia's father want her to pursue?

5. Where does DeMarcus work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Brooke, and how do she and Raven bond at camp?

2. In "Oreo," who is Celia?

3. What does DeMarcus wear in "Black.Nerd. Problems."?

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

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

8. When Nivia adds to a piece of art at her school gallery, why does she not admit what she has done?

9. Why is Cam looking forward to seeing Jessica Booker when he comes to her grandmother's for the summer?

10. Why did Jessica quit communicating with Cam and why is she not interested in him this summer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Keri had been dating Lucas until two weeks ago in “Stop Playing.” How is Keri still trying to get Lucas’s approval and please him? What does she realize about Lucas and how he disrespects her? Why does she quit trying to please him?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does “Wild Horses, Wild Hearts” take place? How does Tank feel about the place and why?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book or story. Choose a story from Black is Enough and discuss what the point of view is in that story and how the point of view influences what readers know about events and character(s). How does it help readers connect with and understand character(s)?

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