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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Sheila when Melody goes to see her in Chapter 8?
(a) She is not eating.
(b) She has overdosed on drugs.
(c) She is not sleeping.
(d) She is very upset over Tariq's killing.

2. How does Noodle feel after he speaks to the media about Tariq?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels suspicious.
(c) He feels energized.
(d) He feels depressed.

3. Who did not have a sleeping bag so the boys needed to share when Tyrell and the others were young?
(a) Tariq.
(b) Junior.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Tyrell.

4. What did Junior used to share with Tariq at lunch in school?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Oranges and grapes.
(c) Bread.
(d) Apples and Bananas.

5. What does Rosalita do to comfort Redeema in Chapter 8?
(a) Reaches out her hand to Redeema.
(b) Sings to Redeema.
(c) Gives Redeema money.
(d) Prays with Redeema.

6. Why does Brick ask Sammy for help with bringing Tyrell around to the Kings?
(a) Sammy knows Tyrell's sister very well.
(b) Sammy has damaging information about Tyrell.
(c) Sammy and Tyrell are best friends.
(d) Sammy and Tyrell were childhood friends.

7. Who is at Tariq's family's apartment when Kimberly visits in Chapter 12?
(a) Reverend Sloan.
(b) Tyrell.
(c) Tyrell's father.
(d) Brick.

8. What does Jennica tell the reporter who comes to see her for a second time at work at the diner?
(a) She tells her to talk to Noodle.
(b) She lies about what happened to Tariq.
(c) She does not want to talk to her or be on camera again.
(d) She asks for more money before she talks.

9. How much money does Tina find in Tariq's bedroom after he dies?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $117 and some change.
(c) $500.
(d) $5.

10. How does Tina react at the cemetery?
(a) She is inconsolable.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is stoic.

11. What do Brick and Tariq have in common?
(a) They are both mixed-race.
(b) They both have dead mothers.
(c) They both have dead fathers.
(d) They both have sisters with developmental disabilities.

12. How does Will get to Underhill at night to do his graffiti?
(a) He drives.
(b) He walks.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He gets a ride.

13. Who does Tina go to when she gets hurt in Chapter 10?
(a) Vernesha.
(b) Redeema.
(c) Noodle.
(d) Tyrell.

14. What does Tina tell Redeema she cut her hand on?
(a) Scissors.
(b) A piece of glass.
(c) A knife.
(d) A piece of paper.

15. What does Sammy think Tyrell wants him to do when they are in the backseat of the car in Chapter 13?
(a) Take his hand.
(b) Give him drugs.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Help him flee from the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tyrell's father tell him about speaking to reporters?

2. What happy memory does Tyrell think about with Tariq in Chapter 12?

3. What memory of Tariq does Tyrell think of as he waits for Brick in Chapter 13?

4. What big-picture question does Reverend Sloan ask Kimberly in Chapter 14?

5. What is one of the things Vernesha tells the reporters?

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