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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 color spray paint does Alé give Kiara on page 160 for a belated birthday gift?

2. On page 131, what is the badge number of the cop who warns Kiara to leave Demond's party?

3. How old was Shauna when she got pregnant?

4. What does Trevor dump in Kiara's cake for her 18th birthday?

5. When Kiara goes to the studio on page 173, what color is the new carpet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shauna say that Cole and Marcus are doing?

2. Where does Kiara expect 612 to take her, and what is the place like where he takes her?

3. What does Marcus say when Uncle Ty offers to pay his bail?

4. What does Demond offer Kiara, and why does she decide that is not what she wants?

5. On page 214, how has Kiara spent the last two weeks?

6. Who wrote Kiara's name in his suicide note?

7. What does Kiara remember about her father's arrest?

8. How does Marcus feel about Kiara prostituting herself?

9. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

10. Why does purple suit approach Kiara at a birthday party for the police on page 154?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in Nightcrawling? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Kiara visits her mother when her mother is at a halfway house. Why is Cheyenne at a halfway house? Why does Kiara visit her mother? Why is Kiara frustrated by the visit?

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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