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

3. How old was Shauna when Kiara first met her off of 81st Avenue?

4. What does Kiara paint on the underpass?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

3. What is Marsha FIelds' office like?

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

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

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

7. What does Alé's apartment look like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kiara is caught by the police when a man pushes her against a wall and has sex with her. How do the police react when they catch Kiara and the man? How is the man released, but Kiara is assaulted by the police? How do the police entrap Kiara?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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