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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 Tina do when her estranged father Terrence comes back home?

2. What does Kimberly fantasize about in Chapter 14?

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

4. Where does Kimberly see Jennica again in Chapter 11?

5. What memory of Tariq does Tyrell think of as he waits for Brick in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Junior feel animosity towards the Kings?

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

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

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

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

8. What problem is Tyrell struggling with after Tariq's death that he can not find a way to solve?

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

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

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

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

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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