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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. On page 157, what day of the week do Kiara and Trevor go to the basketball court for evening pickup games?

2. What color shoes does Kiara wear to Camila's party on page 121?

3. What is the name of the security guard at Marsha's office building?

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

5. What color is Marsha Fields' hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Alé's apartment look like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Mottley use artistic license to create the realistic background of Nightcrawling?

Essay Topic 2

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags has Mottley used, on pages 163-180? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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