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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty, what is Bri really worried about to do with how Sonny and Malik and she have been drifting apart lately?
(a) That Sonny and Malik have better friends.
(b) That Sonny and Malik are both more interested in romance than in hanging out with her.
(c) That Sonny and Malik do not want to be associated with her.
(d) That Sonny and Malik do not really like her music.

2. In Chapter Twenty-Three, who comes to visit Bri's house and starts a tense fight?
(a) Malik.
(b) Supreme.
(c) Aunt Pooh.
(d) Bri's grandparents.

3. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does the person who robs Bri at gunpoint say about her father?
(a) That he always deserved to be in jail.
(b) That her father called himself King of the Garden and was disrespectful.
(c) That his music was terrible.
(d) That he should never have had kids.

4. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what happens in Bri's house that is another major blow to the family?
(a) The electricity is cut off.
(b) Jay loses her EBT benefits.
(c) Trey loses his job.
(d) They are evicted.

5. In Chapter Thirteen, why does Jay say she hid some of Bri's father's things even from herself for a time?
(a) So Aunt Pooh would not know she had them.
(b) So she would not feel too guilty about Bri's father's death.
(c) So she would not sell them when she was addicted to drugs.
(d) So she would not get too sad looking at them.

6. In Chapter Twenty-One, what kind of car passes Bri and Malik multiple times?
(a) A red Cutlass Supreme.
(b) A gray Camaro.
(c) A blue Toyota.
(d) A green Jeep.

7. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does Bri accidentally reveal to Malik?
(a) She likes Curtis.
(b) She does not like Shana.
(c) She likes Sonny.
(d) She wants to drop out of school.

8. Why is Bri still against releasing the full video of what happened between her and Long and Tate in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) She thinks Long and Tate will benefit from the video's release.
(b) She thinks it is disrespectful to her father's memory.
(c) She thinks people will still try to justify what happened to her, and she might start to believe she deserved it.
(d) She thinks people will want to find her and hurt her.

9. In Chapter Fourteen, why is Bri not allowed into The Ring to perform?
(a) Because The Ring's organizers heard about her getting suspended from school.
(b) Because the police respond to the scene after Bri punches someone.
(c) Because Bri brought a gun with her.
(d) Because her Aunt Pooh gets into a fight with a Crown outside.

10. In Chapter Fourteen, who offers Bri a ride home?
(a) Scrap.
(b) Malik.
(c) Supreme.
(d) Trey.

11. What does Shana try to persuade Bri to do in Chapter Seventeen that makes Bri angry?
(a) Write a song about the riot at school.
(b) Release the full video of her being thrown on the ground by Long and Tate.
(c) Go to the police with her video of Long and Tate.
(d) Move away.

12. In Chapter Sixteen, what musician is Bri shocked that Curtis has never heard of?
(a) Kendrick Lamar.
(b) Jean Grae.
(c) Lauryn Hill.
(d) Rakim.

13. In Chapter Twenty-Four, what does the superintendent of Bri's school say to her that really means something to Bri?
(a) He tells her what happened was not her fault.
(b) He tells her he likes her music.
(c) He tells her he thinks she has potential.
(d) He apologizes.

14. Why does Sonny tell Bri he ghosted Rapid in Chapter Sixteen?
(a) He could not focus on his practice SAT tests and he needs to make sure he puts school first.
(b) He got scared Rapid might actually be a serial killer.
(c) He needs to focus on helping his family.
(d) He needs to make sure he puts his artwork first.

15. What does Curtis shout in Chapter Seventeen as tensions at Bri's school rise?
(a) A line from one of Dee-Nice's songs.
(b) An activist chant from the civil rights era.
(c) A line from one of Tupac's songs.
(d) A line from Bri's song On the Come Up that contains a profanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what game do Jay, Trey, and Bri play together?

2. What do Bri and Trey do on Christmas Day together?

3. What does Jay tell Bri about the potential fallout from her song On the Come Up?

4. How does Bri's mother find out about her lyrics in the song On the Come Up?

5. How old was Jay when she had Trey?

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