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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. Why does Angel cry when Jordan is taken away by the police?

2. Where is Monique going when she is injured?

3. How does Rob die?

4. What does Monique take when her pain pills run out?

5. Why does Angel not want Jordan to go to jail again?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jordan deal with Monique after she is injured?

3. How is Andy similar to Gerald?

4. What causes Angel to allow Jordan to slap her?

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

6. How does Monique get injured?

7. What honor does Angel get from her dance class?

8. What does Monique realize at the end of the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Angel learn from her dance class, and how do these lessons change her efforts to overcome her life situation?

Essay Topic 2

What did Angel's cat symbolize, and why was it so important for Angel to keep her cat alive?

Essay Topic 3

Kiara was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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