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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. When Mrs. Bev's divorce starts, how many lunches does she bring to class?

2. In "Riot," how many times was Jimmy shot?

3. Where is the park where Claude starts running away to?

4. When Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, how long did Paul hide under a car?

5. Where does Annette go when she leaves Janice behind in Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Paul and Grandma meet?

2. What happened after the fight that Claude's parents had in "Sixty-Third Street Beach"?

3. What was Nugget's life like?

4. Why and how does Annette leave Chicago?

5. What happens when four teenagers run down Sixty-Seventh Street and confront the cops in "Riot"?

6. Where did Claude's father grow up?

7. What happens when Claude identifies George Bones as the person who beat him up?

8. In "Janice and the Redbelters," what does Paul look like in a photo he shows Claude?

9. Why does Claude say that Chill's Smokehouse was a front?

10. What happens when Claude goes to a party at the twin's place with Chester, Janice, and Renaissance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

Essay Topic 2

There is a riot between the police and the Redbelters. How does the riot start? How violent is the riot? How does the violence affect the humanity of the participants—the police and the Redbelters?

Essay Topic 3

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does the author use flashbacks in the novel? How does the author’s choice to use flashback affect the plot?

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