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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tyrell meet in the bathroom at Tariq's funeral?
(a) Brick.
(b) Noodle.
(c) His own father.
(d) Terrence Johnson, Tariq's father.

2. What do the Kings, Tyrell, and Jennica encounter on the way to Brick's party in Chapter 13?
(a) The cops.
(b) Tariq's mother.
(c) A group of Stingers.
(d) Tariq's father.

3. What is Tyrell hanging on for until he can get away from the Kings in Chapter 10?
(a) Tyrell is going to work on a farm in 1 month.
(b) Tyrell is going to college in 3 months.
(c) Tyrell is getting a new job in 2 weeks.
(d) Tyrell is going to science camp in 16 days.

4. Whose house does Tyrell catch a glimpse of Jack Franklin at?
(a) Rocky's.
(b) Brick's.
(c) Tom Arlen's.
(d) Noodle's.

5. What did Tyrell and Tariq used to do together to make money?
(a) Make food from a food truck in the neighborhood.
(b) Sell drugs.
(c) Collect recyclable cans from their neighbors.
(d) Gamble.

6. What does Tom Arlen think of the marches protesting Tariq's killing?
(a) He thinks he will put on a hoodie and join the march.
(b) He thinks the marches are ridiculous.
(c) If he had not witnessed the killing, he feels like he would be marching too.
(d) He thinks he will try to stop the marches.

7. What errand does Reverend Sloan join Terrence for in Chapter 11?
(a) Getting groceries.
(b) Talking to the press.
(c) Getting coffee for Vernesha.
(d) Getting cash.

8. Who does Will paint a portrait of in Chapter 14?
(a) Scoot.
(b) Brick.
(c) Tariq.
(d) Tyrell.

9. What is Redeema's impression of Tariq's father, Terrence?
(a) She thinks he should stop dealing drugs.
(b) She thinks he should pay child support.
(c) She thinks he is way too thin.
(d) She does not like him and wishes he would leave them alone.

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

11. What is the girl's name who Melody volunteers with at the assisted living facility?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Tina.
(c) Rosalita.
(d) Angelique.

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

13. What do Kimberly and Reverend Sloan do in his hotel room after Tariq's funeral?
(a) Have a fight.
(b) Sleep together.
(c) Have a drink together.
(d) Kiss.

14. When did Noodle wear his suit?
(a) When he oathed into the Kings.
(b) When his mother got married.
(c) When he graduated from high school.
(d) When both his father and his cousin died.

15. Why does Tyrell believe his father hates him?
(a) Because Tyrell knows his father has a huge gambling debt and is keeping it from his mother.
(b) Because Tyrell knows his father has lost his job and has not told his mother yet.
(c) Because Tyrell walked in on his father having sex with a woman who was not his mother years earlier.
(d) Because Tyrell knows his father is secretly in the Kings gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Sloan start to fear in Chapter 15?

2. What bothers Tyrell about his happy memory concerning Tariq in Chapter 12?

3. What is wrong with Sheila when Melody goes to see her in Chapter 8?

4. Where is Melody during Tariq's funeral?

5. Why is Jennica's auntie Anjelica concerned about her in Chapter 12?

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