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

2. When was Kiara's uncle Ty born?

3. What does Kiara paint on the underpass?

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

5. How long is the drive from Demond's to the cop's house on page 133?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does 190 call Kiara on page 149?

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

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What is the inciting incident in Nightcrawling? Why is that the inciting incident?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Nightcrawling? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Kiara and Trevor are on their own. Why do Kiara and Trevor not have the support of a family? How does the lack of a support system affect their ability to survive and thrive?

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