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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tina do when her estranged father Terrence comes back home?
(a) Asks him to leave.
(b) Asks Vernesha to get back together with him.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Cries.

2. What does Brick think about pressuring Tyrell to join the Kings?
(a) He is doing it because he thinks Tyrell is a strong person.
(b) He thinks it is what Tariq would have wanted.
(c) He is doing it to get revenge on Tariq.
(d) He is doing it to make Noodle mad.

3. Who does Kimberly go to see in Chapter 12 that is hard for her to do?
(a) Noodle.
(b) Jennica.
(c) Brick.
(d) The Johnson family.

4. What does Steve Connors think about how his race has influenced his own life?
(a) He thinks he has accomplished all he has regardless of his race.
(b) He thinks he has accomplished all he has because of his race.
(c) He thinks he has accomplished all he has in spite of his race.
(d) He feels badly he has lied about his race in the past.

5. What big-picture question does Reverend Sloan ask Kimberly in Chapter 14?
(a) He asks her what is the most important thing she looks for in a man.
(b) He asks her what her dream is.
(c) He asks her where she sees herself in 10 years.
(d) He asks her who she wants to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of high school does Tyrell have before he graduates?

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

3. What does Jennica tell Kimberly about Tariq?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Tina realize Tariq was good at?

5. Who did Junior give his knife to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Tyrell so sad about his memories of the day he and Tariq threw water balloons off the top of Tyrell's building?

2. How does Rocky Fry feel about the way the police question him following Tariq's killing?

3. How does Jennica feel several days after Tariq's shooting?

4. What does Jennica say to the reporter who comes to the diner she works at to interview her the second time?

5. Where does Melody volunteer and what happens when she goes to her volunteer position for the first time after Tariq's death?

6. What did Tariq and Junior always used to share at lunch when they were in second grade together?

7. Who does the knife that Tina found in Tariq's room really belong to?

8. What does Tina find in Tariq's room that she knows is dangerous and does not tell anyone about?

9. What does Jennica ask Tyrell to do at Brick's party?

10. Who does Tyrell see in the bathroom at Tariq's funeral and what do the two say to each other?

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