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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 color is the shower curtain in the room where Keri and Trish stay in "Stop Playing"?

2. In "Wild Horses, Wild Hearts," how many times have the Robinson's won the trophy for the horse race?

3. How many tickets does the church give each of the teens for an amusement park in "Stop Playing"?

4. What plantation is John Carver on in "Whoa!"`

5. In "Samson and the Delilahs," what does Sobechi help Dez move?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Gravity," how does Clara deal with a guy she is dancing with?

2. What happened to Devon's mother in May in "Kissing Sarah Smith"?

3. Why is Big Red so special to Tank in "Wild Horses, Wild Hearts"?

4. In "Gravity," where are Clara and her family living since they came from Trinidad to the U.S.?

5. What did Dante's great-grandmother give him and how does he use it?

6. How does Sobechi feel when Desiree and Dominique play their first song in "Samson and the Delilahs"?

7. At the end of "Samson and the Delilahs," what does Sobechi want to thank Desiree for?

8. In "Kissing Sarah Smith," how does Grandma Rose feel when Annabelle and Devon show up at her place?

9. How did Clara's friend Myesha in Trinidad ruin her reputation in "Gravity"?

10. How many bodies are dragged from the Potomac River in the spring in "The Trouble with Drowning"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dante sees a vision of a slave from the 19th century in a basin of water. What does Dante’s vision of a slave from the 19th century reveal about the differences between Blacks at that time and Blacks in Dante’s world?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood "Warning: Color May Fade," what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood at the beginning and the end of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Raven in “Half a Moon” and Nivia in “Warning: Color May Fade” struggle with cowardice. How and why do the girls learn to be brave?

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