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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 the name of one of the streets where Joy Funeral Home is located?

2. Where did Kiara meet Alé?

3. What is Kiara's mother's favorite music artist?

4. What sound wakes Kiara at noon on page 54?

5. Who does Camila want Kia to meet on page 106?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Camila?

2. Who does Kiara make sure goes to school?

3. What does Marcus tell Kiara when she tells him the rent has doubled and he needs to get a job?

4. On page 106, what does Camila want Kiara to do?

5. Why do Alè and Kiara go to the Joy Funeral Home every couple months?

6. Where is Kiara's mother on page 81?

7. How does Kiara decide to get into prostitution?

8. What does Kiara remember that she and Marcus used to sell on street corners?

9. Why does Kiara go to La Casa Taqueria on page 8?

10. Why is Trevor in the pool on page 55?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Mottley use artistic license to create the realistic background of Nightcrawling?

Essay Topic 2

Marcus berates Kiara for getting involved in sex work. Why does Marcus berate Kiara? How might his attitude be described?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in NIghtcrawling? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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