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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reverend Sloan ask Kimberly before he goes before the cameras after she does his makeup for the first time?

2. What does Sammy think is something positive that happens for him as a result of Tariq's death?

3. Who is Tariq's grandmother?

4. Who was the former leader of the Kings?

5. What does Jennica go by at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brick think about whether or not Tariq has a gun when he is shot?

2. What does Tom Arlen think about whether or not Tariq had a gun in his hand when he was shot?

3. What caused the white puddle that Jennica remembers seeing on the pavement around Tariq after he was shot?

4. What happens between Kimberly and Reverend Alabaster Sloan when they meet for the first time for Kimberly to do his makeup?

5. How does Tyrell find out that it was Tariq who was shot and killed on Peach Street?

6. What is the first thing Tyrell does when he hears there was a shooting on Peach Street?

7. What are Jennica and Noodle doing when they witness Tariq's death?

8. Why does Kimberly have some hard feelings towards Tariq?

9. What does Tina think about the sirens outside her open window on the night Tariq is killed?

10. Whose house does Jack Franklin go to to hide out and avoid all the media attention he receives after killing Tariq?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters who have exact opposite opinions about one of the most critical issues concerning the night Tariq was shot - whether or not Tariq had a gun in his hand at the time of his death - and write an essay explaining why each of the characters seems absolutely sure that what he or she saw was correct.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing what conclusion Tyrell seems to come to at the end of the novel about whether or not Tariq was a member of the Kings and how that conclusion seems to affect his opinion of Tariq and of their friendship.

Essay Topic 3

Tyrell and Junior have an important conversation when Tyrell goes to visit Junior in jail. Write an essay analyzing the possible impact of Junior's and Tyrell's conversation on Tyrell's subsequent interactions with the Kings.

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