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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. Where was Quan hiding when he heard Dwight talk about moving in after his father's arrest?

2. How much time did White Boy Shawn get for stabbing his dad eight times with a butcher knife while the man was sleeping?

3. In Chapter 3, where were Dasia and Gabe when Quan got home?

4. How old is Liberty Ayers?

5. When Quan's father was arrested, how far away was his home where his mama lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What pushed Quan over the edge in 2012?

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

4. In Chapter 2, what does Quan thank Justyce for sending him?

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

6. Why does Quan begin writing Justyce in Chapter 1?

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

8. How has Liberty Ayers turned her life around?

9. Why was Quan not taken to social services after his father was arrested?

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

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. 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 story line? 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?

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

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?

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