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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. When did Quan meet Martel?

2. In Chapter 1, what did Quan remember promising to do for Dasia if she aced her spelling test?

3. What did Quan steal that got him arrested in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 3, what did Quan smuggle home from school?

5. What grade did Quan get for the Algebra I Challenge Math test when he studied very hard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Quan remember in Chapter 2 about stealing a cell phone?

2. How did Quan try to keep it together after his father was arrested?

3. What does Quan know about Aunt Tiff and her husband's financial situation?

4. What does Quan remember in Chapter 1 that he was doing when his father was arrested?

5. What incident does Quan remember that made him realize he had no control after his father's arrest?

6. What pushed Quan over the edge in 2012?

7. What is Trish's relationship with her sister Tiff and her family?

8. How did Quan feel about Doc when he first came to see him?

9. Why did Quan join the Black Jihad, and what did he say about its leader?

10. Why was Quan arrested for the first time in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Justyce and Quan meet on a playground. What do Justyce and Quan have in common? Why do they become friends?

Essay Topic 2

Quan does not communicate with his father after his arrest. What type of relationship did Quan and his father have before Vernell was arrested? Why did their relationship deteriorate and they did not communicate? How did they begin communicating again? How does the relationship change in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Adrienne Friedman does not believe that using witnesses on the scene when Officer Castillo died would convince the court of Quan’s innocence. What do all the witnesses who were on the scene when Officer Castillo died have in common? Why would the police or attorneys be unlikely to believe their testimony? Why would there be implicit bias against them?

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