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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 is Kody doing while Tamu is giving birth to their daughter?

2. What family member does Kody see at Camp Munz?

3. What happens to Joe Joe after Kody shoots out the street light?

4. Why does Kody lie to the police while he is in the hospital in "The Juvenile Tank?"

5. Who is Kody eating breakfast with as rival gang members drive by his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the circumstances that result in Kody's acquittal after he is arrested for murder in the summer of 1981.

2. Describe the fight scene between Kody, Li'l Hunchy and the men outside of the Western Surplus store.

3. Kody enters the Crips after his 6th grade graduation. How does Kody prove that he is ready for the gang life?

4. How does a member's gang affiliation affect their families?

5. How does China's grandfather show his disdain for gangs?

6. What does Kody's mother help him to realize while he is in jail in the chapter, "The War"?

7. Why is China upset with Kody?

8. How does Kody's mother continue to show support for her son after he is released from jail and shot in the back?

9. How is revenge illustrated in the chapter, "Boys to Men?"

10. According to Kody, what effect does the media have on gang activities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kody is a very complex person who goes through many changes in his young life. Explain how Kody changes from when the reader first meets him in 6th grade until where his story ends (for now). In your answer, be sure to use text evidence to support these changes. Questions to think about include: How do Kody relationships change with different people in his life? How does Kody's thinking and involvement with gangs change?

Essay Topic 2

Loyalty and revenge are almost like people in the book. Explain what is meant by this statement. Be sure to explain the role loyalty and revenge have throughout Kody's autobiography, how big that role is, and how loyalty and revenge are important to Kody and the Tray Eights.

Essay Topic 3

Kody influences many people, especially his younger brother, Kershaun. Describe how he follows in his big brother's footsteps. In your response, be sure to include information about:

1). The ways Kody influences his brother's decisions to join a gang.

2). Describe their encounters when they are both gang members.

3). Explain how Kershaun changes once he leaves the gang.

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