View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sets Raj apart from the rest of the crew at Desirea's?

2. What does Raj often wear?

3. Who does Michael lose his virginity to?

4. What does Francis tell Michael he has to work on in Part III?

5. What does Michael acknowledge everyone knows about Francis in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ruth get so upset when Michael puts tinfoil over their windows?

2. What does Michael end up really liking about hanging out at Desirea's with Francis and the gang?

3. What happens when Francis and Michael go to try to find their estranged father in Part III?

4. What does Francis seem to think about the middle-class white kids in the line at the DJing audition?

5. What does Michael gradually discover about Jelly's and Francis's relationship?

6. What does Aisha tell Michael in Part IV about her relationship with her father?

7. How does Jelly's audition go?

8. Why do Francis and Michael end up freezing and soaked in a bus shelter in Part IV?

9. What does Michael's boss Manny say about the fact that Jelly is staying with him in Part III?

10. Why does Francis spend so much time at Desirea's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Francis get so angry - angry enough to pick a fight with four men who are much larger than him - after the Jelly's DJ audition? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Michael's family's visit back to Trinidad like, and what do he and Francis learn about their mother there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing Francis's and Michael's early experiences of racism in Canadian society.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 648 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample