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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 Brick ask Tyrell to do in Chapter 10?

2. How does Jennica first meet Kimberly?

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

4. What happy memory does Tyrell think about with Tariq in Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Redeema tell Vernesha about letting Terrence back into their lives?

3. Who does Brick ask to go before the cameras and defend Tariq's memory?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the role that the older and elderly women like Rosalita and Redeema play in the larger community of Underhill following Tariq's death and the turmoil that follows from it, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing what Reverend Alabaster Sloan seems to represent or symbolize for Kimberly and explain why she seems to be so infatuated with him, even though she knows a romantic relationship between them is nearly impossible.

Essay Topic 3

Magoon uses several characters who were closest to Tariq - like Tyrell and Tina - to develop Tariq's character and show how much his friendship and often kind nature meant to them. Choose one character whose memories develop Tariq's character in this way and write an essay detailing what the reader learns about Tariq through this character's eyes.

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