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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 Rosalita do to comfort Redeema in Chapter 8?

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

3. Who does Tina go to when she gets hurt in Chapter 10?

4. Why does Brick ask Sammy for help with bringing Tyrell around to the Kings?

5. Where is Melody during Tariq's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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