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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. How does Noodle feel after he speaks to the media about Tariq?

2. Whose house does Tyrell catch a glimpse of Jack Franklin at?

3. What does Rosalita do to comfort Redeema in Chapter 8?

4. What does Tyrell's father tell him about speaking to reporters?

5. Who did not have a sleeping bag so the boys needed to share when Tyrell and the others were young?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Brick insist that Tyrell do with him and the rest of 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 does Jennica ask Tyrell to do at Brick's party?

4. Why does Junior feel animosity towards the Kings?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What makes Tyrell so sad about his memories of the day he and Tariq threw water balloons off the top of Tyrell's building?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several characters have negative opinions and/or memories of Tariq, though most of them do not voice those opinions after his death. Choose a character who has a predominantly negative view of Tariq and write an essay analyzing how his or her perspective contributes to Magoon's character development of Tariq.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

On the very first page of this novel, in the section titled The Incident, Magoon writes that there are few known facts surrounding the shooting death of Tariq Johnson. However, it becomes clear in the following pages that there are six separate eyewitnesses to the crime. Write an essay explaining why the known facts about Tariq's death are so few despite the fact that so many eyewitnesses were present.

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