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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 1-45, what does Melo vomit all over?

2. In Part One, Pages 46-84, how long before the debate did SJ and Justyce pick their debate topic?

3. In Part One, Pages 1-45, what is the date on Justyce's second letter to Martin?

4. In Part One, Pages 46-84, what college will Manny be going to?

5. In Part One, where do Justyce and SJ place during the debate tournament?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Blake get hit at the party, and who hits him?

2. In Part One, Pages 46-84, why does Justyce tell Manny that he and SJ are just friends?

3. In Part One, Pages 45-84, what assumption does Jared make when he hears that Justyce has been accepted to Yale?

4. In Part One, Pages 1-44, what condition is Melo Taylor in, and why does Justyce go find her?

5. In Part One, Pages 1-45, why does Jared complain about his teacher for his Societal Evolution class?

6. What happens as Justyce is putting Melo in the back seat of her car?

7. 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?

8. In Part One, Pages 45-84, why does Justyce say that he cannot fall for SJ?

9. In Part One, Pages 1-45, what do Manny's parents do for a living?

10. In Part One, Pages 1-45, why does Justyce ask Manny to play a different video game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Justyce wants to be like Dr. King and use non-violent solutions to problems. Why and how does Justyce struggle to do what is right? What does his struggle reveal about violence and peaceful solutions?

Essay Topic 2

Manny has had white friends most of his life, and he has ignored the slights and comments about race that he has heard. What slights and prejudice has Manny been exposed to? How has he been ignoring these slights? How do these prejudices build and cause Manny to change? What is revealed about the effect of microagressions on a person over a long period of time?

Essay Topic 3

Various characters are victims of injustice in the novel. What characters face injustice? How do these characters deal with injustice? What is revealed about characters through the way that they face injustice?

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