View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Tina find in Tariq's bedroom after he dies?

2. What does Brick ask Tyrell to do in Chapter 10?

3. How does Will get to Underhill at night to do his graffiti?

4. What errand does Reverend Sloan join Terrence for in Chapter 11?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What activity does Tyrell remember as some of the best times he had with Tariq, Sammy, and Junior when they were younger?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing why Tyrell finds it difficult to comfort Tariq's father Terrence when they meet briefly at Tariq's funeral and how Terrence's absence from his family and irresponsibility seems to represent a broader problem in the community of Underhill.

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 784 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample