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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 is Marsha Fields' hair?

2. When Harrison returns Kiara to the Regal-Hi on page 147, what is Revor doing?

3. What is 190's name?

4. When Kiara arrives at a mansion on page 151, what are some of the men watching?

5. How long after Kiara speaks to Marsha for the first time does the subpoena arrive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Kiara returns from seeing Marcus at the jail with Uncle Ty, why is Trevor back at the apartment?

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

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

6. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

7. Why does 190 call Kiara on page 149?

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

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

10. How does Kiara get to the party at Demond's place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kiara lives in a poverty-stricken area of Oakland. How would you describe Kiara’s socioeconomic status? How does poverty affect her life and the decisions that she makes?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in Nightcrawling? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion simply by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Mottley uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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