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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 Two: Pages 123-164, what color jumpsuit does Quan wear?

2. Who arranges for bodyguards to follow Justyce and his mother when reporters harass them in Part Two: Pages 123-164?

3. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, what is the cause of Manny's death?

4. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, who gives Justyce a car?

5. In Part One, Pages 84-120, what do Manny and Justyce do instead of go to Stone Mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part One, Pages, 85-120, what does Manny's dad talk about with Manny and Justyce?

2. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, what photo of Justyce is shown on the news, and how is it interpreted?

3. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, what does evening news say happened to Justyce and Manny in a report on January 26?

4. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, what does Quan say that he learned when he was in juvie the second time when he was 14?

5. In Part One, Pages 85-120, what does Manny say about what he did Saturday night?

6. In Part One, Pages, 85-120, how does Doc say that Justyce can thrive?

7. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, how long do Manny's parents wait to have his funeral?

8. In Part One, Pages 85-120, how does Doc find Justyce in his room, and how does he help Justyce?

9. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, why does Mr. Rivers lose his job?

10. In Part Two: Pages 123-164, what does Jared decide to do about the photo that is being circulated with Justyce in the thug costume?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most of the students at Braselton Prep are wealthy and white. How does being wealthy and white insulate those students from broader social issues? Why do students like Jared and his friends find it difficult to believe that inequality still exists?

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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