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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 is one of the things Vernesha tells the reporters?

2. How does Jennica first meet Kimberly?

3. Who does Brian Trellis talk to about Tariq's killing in Chapter 11?

4. What does Jennica tell the reporter who comes to see her for a second time at work at the diner?

5. How much money does Tina find in Tariq's bedroom after he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Junior feel animosity towards the Kings?

2. Why is Tyrell so scared on the way to the party Brick has forced him to go to with him and the other Kings?

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

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

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

6. What does Brick ask Sammy to do for him regarding Tyrell?

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

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

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

10. Why does Jennica think the cops never pull a car that Brick is in over?

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 explaining what finally seems to push Tyrell to find the courage he needs to stand up to Brick, and the Kings, once and for all.

Essay Topic 3

Brian Trellis feels he is doing the right thing in stopping Tariq after he leaves Rocky's shop because he thinks Tariq has stolen something. Write an essay explaining how Brian's thinking changes over the course of the novel about the events that led to Tariq's death.

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