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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. In Part One, Pages 46-84, how many white people are in Trey's gang?
2. In Part 1: Pages 1-45, how far does Justyce have to walk to find Melo?
3. In Part One, Pages 46-84, what does SJ say it costs a year to attend Braselton?
4. In Part One, Pages 46-84, what percent of teachers at Braselton are PhDs?
5. In Part One, Pages 1-45, what does Manny drive?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part One, Pages 1-45, why does Justyce ask Manny to play a different video game?
2. What happens as Justyce is putting Melo in the back seat of her car?
3. What advantages do students have who attend Braselton?
4. In Part One, Pages 45-84, how do the scores that Jared and Justyce got on the SAT and ACT compare, and how does Jared feel about the scores?
5. What does Justyce consider doing when Melo does not cooperate with him when he tries to put her in her car?
6. In Part One, Pages 45-84, what does Justyce say about leaving the party when he talks to SJ?
7. In Part One, Pages 46-84, why does Justyce tell Manny that he and SJ are just friends?
8. In Part One, Pages 46-84, how are things between SJ and Justyce after the debate?
9. In Part One, Pages 45-84, how does Justyce learn that he has been accepted to Yale?
10. In Part One, Pages 1-45, why does Jared complain about his teacher for his Societal Evolution class?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Riverses give Justyce a family watch. Why do the Riverses give Justyce a family watch? What does the watch symbolize?
Essay Topic 2
Quan believes that there is a “Black Man’s Curse” (144). What does Quan mean by a black man’s curse? Why does Quan believe that black men are cursed?
Essay Topic 3
This quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. begins the novel, “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” What does the author seem to imply by using that quote in the epigraph? Is that quote revealed to be true or false in the novel?
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