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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 last name has Kira been using on the street?

2. On page 209, what does Kiara have to take home to Trevor?

3. What does Trevor dump in Kiara's cake for her 18th birthday?

4. What food does Marsha order for Kiara the first time they meet in Marsha's office?

5. On page 212, how many police chiefs have their been in the past week?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alé's apartment look like?

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

3. What is Marsha FIelds' office like?

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

5. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

6. Who calls Kiara when she is at Demond's party, and what does he want?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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