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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 grade was Quan in when he was in the Algebra I Challenge Math class?

2. In Chapter 3, where did Quan fall asleep?

3. In Chapter 4, how old was Quan when he was arrested for the first time?

4. What type of pajamas was Quan wearing the night his father was arrested?

5. How old was Liberty when she first got locked up for breaking a girl's arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Quan not tell someone about the violence Dwight inflicts on his mother and how he treats the kids?

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

3. Who is Liberty Ayers, and why is Quan interested in her?

4. What did Quan get for stealing a phone, and what did White Boy Shawn get for stabbing his father?

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

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

7. What pushed Quan over the edge in 2012?

8. In 2010, why did Quan leave the house rather than trying to protect his mother from her abusive boyfriend?

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

10. What did Quan and Justyce have in common when they met in 2010?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Quan notices that the detention center is filled with kids who have brown or Black skin like he does. The white kids get lesser sentences. What does Quan feel about the sentence that he got for stealing a phone? What sentence did a white kid get for stabbing his father? Why does Quan think race affects sentencing? What is revealed about systemic racism through the sentences that Quan and other African-American boys get?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

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