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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 city does Cam live in?

2. During Nivia's junior year, where did her aunt Gladys take her on a spring-break trip?

3. In "The Ingredients," what type of sandwich sounds good to Big Boy?

4. Where does Cam visit his grandmother during the summers?

5. When did Zoboi's birth country become the first independent Black nation in the Western Hemisphere?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Nana Paulette live in "Oreo"?

3. In "Out of the Silence," what does Cassie learn about Tessa's death?

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

5. How is Raven spending her spring break and why?

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

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

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

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

10. Where do Shawn, DeMarcus, and Amir go after work and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective is “The Trouble with Drowning” told? How does Clayton use that perspective and accumulation to reveal who Madeline is and what happened to her? How does accumulation advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 2

Code-switching is when a person modifies their speech, behavior, or appearance to adapt to cultural or societal norms. How and why does Cam code switch at school, at home, and when he is at his grandmother’s?

Essay Topic 3

In Black Enough, most of the characters are round characters. In the stories, who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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