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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. Where does Kiara go when she feels sick in Marsha's office on page 207?

2. What does Kiara paint on the underpass?

3. What color sedan does Uncle Ty drive on page 186?

4. What do Kiara and Trevor put in their pancake batter on page 194?

5. On page 159, how much money does Dee leave on the counter every week or so?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alé's apartment look like?

2. What does Marcus admit to Kiara on page 172?

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

4. What does Kiara say about the first call she gets from Marcus from jail?

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

6. Why do officers Jones and Harrison take Kiara to the Oakland Police Department Headquarters?

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

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

9. What does Kiara notice when she and Harrison leave the Oakland Police Department Headquarters?

10. How does Marcus feel about Kiara prostituting herself?

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

Leila Mottley is the author of Nightcrawling. Why did Mottley write the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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