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

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

3. What does Jennica realize at Tariq's funeral?
(a) That she wants to go to church more.
(b) That she wants to date Brick.
(c) That she wants to break up with Noodle and get out from under life with the Kings.
(d) That she wants to be friends with Tyrell.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tina react at the cemetery?

2. Why does Vernesha let Terrence back in the house?

3. What does Tyrell do in Chapter 14 to try to help him make his decision on the Kings?

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

5. What do the Kings give to Tyrell in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Melody do instead of going to Tariq's funeral?

2. What does Brick ask Sammy when he beckons Sammy to come to his bedroom and shows him all his weapons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Noodle do to Jennica in Chapter 8 that physically hurts her?

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