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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. How does Gerald know Rob?

2. Who does Kiara come to the basketball games to see?

3. How much money does Angel need for some classes she wants to take?

4. What does Jordan say he wants to make now that he is out of prison?

5. Why does Angel not tell Kiara what she needs help for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who rides with Angel to the hospital after the fire?

2. What ruins Angel's happiness about her honor in the dance class?

3. How does B.J. Carson deal with bullies?

4. What is Angel's dance piece about, and how do people react to it?

5. How does the basketball team show their friendship to Gerald?

6. What makes Gerald proud during his basketball games?

7. How does Rob die?

8. What kinds of duties does Gerald take on when Jordan no longer lives with him?

9. How does Gerald like to get to his basketball games, and why?

10. What does Mr. Washington do for Gerald when Rob dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What changes when Jordan goes to jail after being convicted as a sex offender is given new medication, and why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Gerald get Angel out of the burning apartment, and what is ironic about this integral piece of the plot?

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