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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 Brian still remember about the night Tariq was killed?

2. What does Tina do when her estranged father Terrence comes back home?

3. What do the Kings give to Tyrell in Chapter 13?

4. What does Jennica ask Tyrell to do in Chapter 14?

5. Who is the only person who knows why Tyrell's dad hates him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Jennica feel several days after Tariq's shooting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For all of the heartbreak that follow from Tariq's killing, there are a few positive outcomes too. Choose one positive element from the end of the novel and explain how Magoon uses it to give the reader some hope for the characters involved in it.

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

How does Tariq's death end up bringing Steve Connors and his stepson Will (AKA eMZee) closer? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

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