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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 was the woman who speaks to Kiara at the party 190 asks her to come to wearing when Kiara saw her at the Oakland Police Headquarters?

2. What type of floor does Alé sleep on on page 164?

3. What are the badge numbers of the cops who arrest Marcus and Cole on page 174?

4. What color is Camila wearing on page 124 at the party at Demond's?

5. Who picks up Kiara on page 166 and takes her to Cole's?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Marcus take Kiara to an overpass on page 111?

2. How does Kiara get her uncle Ty's phone number?

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

4. Who comes looking for Kiara after she finds Camila again at Demond's party?

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

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

7. What do Trevor and Kiara make for her birthday?

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

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

10. Why does 190 call Kiara on page 149?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Marcus has been shirking his responsibilities. How has Marcus been shirking his responsibilities? What becomes his priority instead of caring for Kiara? What makes him realize that his priorities have become skewed and causes him to change?

Essay Topic 2

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What is the inciting incident in Nightcrawling? Why is that the inciting incident?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Nightcrawling, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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