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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 not want to say at Tariq's funeral?
(a) Thank you.
(b) We loved him.
(c) Bye-bye.
(d) I am sorry.

2. What does Jennica tell Kimberly about Tariq?
(a) That she did CPR on him.
(b) That she wishes she had never witnessed his death.
(c) That Noodle hates Tariq.
(d) That she loved him.

3. What does Tyrell's father tell him about speaking to reporters?
(a) He tells him to ask for money from them.
(b) He tells Tyrell to tell them to talk to him instead.
(c) He tells him not to speak to them.
(d) He tells him to ask them for a job.

4. What do the Kings give to Tyrell in Chapter 13?
(a) A gun.
(b) A joint.
(c) A shot.
(d) A knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Redeema's impression of Tariq's father, Terrence?

2. What did Junior used to share with Tariq at lunch in school?

3. What do Brick and Tariq have in common?

4. What does Jennica ask Tyrell to do in Chapter 14?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What activity does Tyrell remember as some of the best times he had with Tariq, Sammy, and Junior when they were younger?

4. How does Tina react when her estranged father Terrence Johnson comes to her apartment for the first time after Tariq's funeral?

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

6. What problem is Tyrell struggling with after Tariq's death that he can not find a way to solve?

7. What did Tariq and Brick have in common that was the basis of their unique bond?

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

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

10. In Chapter 11, what does Brick insist that Tyrell do with him and the rest of the Kings?

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