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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. Who is one hip-hop artist Bri has a poster of on her bedroom wall?
2. In Chapter Two, who takes Bri to her hip-hop performance?
3. In Chapter Two, who does Bri go up against in The Ring?
4. What television show do both Sonny and Bri love to watch that Sonny references in Chapter Ten?
5. What does everyone gather in the church basement after the service for?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Seven, why do some of the people at Maple Grove ridicule Trey, Bri's brother?
2. In Chapter Two, how does Bri feel when DJ Hype announces that she is the rapper Lawless's (Law's) daughter?
3. In Chapter Eight, when and why does Bri like listening to her father's music the most?
4. In Chapter One, how does Bri think her mother feels about her rapping?
5. In Chapter Four, what is Bri's recurring nightmare about?
6. In Chapter One, what call is Bri waiting for and why is it so important to her?
7. In Chapter Nine, why does Bri feel she has to split her Sundays at church between sitting with Jay and sitting with her grandmother?
8. In Chapter Seven, what word that Long and Tate used against Bri when they slammed her to the ground continues to haunt her, and why?
9. In Chapter Five, how does Bri find out that her mother Jay has lost her job?
10. In Chapter Ten, what does Sonny tell Bri about his love life that is big news?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how Bri feels when she hears very young children in her neighborhood, The Garden, reciting her lyrics from On the Come Up. How does that experience seem to change Bri's opinions on the direction she wants to take her music in?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 11, Bri fights with Malik after he accuses her of rapping a certain way just to make money. Write an essay analyzing the effect Bri's family's struggles with money has on her friendships during the course of the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Bri's mother's addiction affected Bri's childhood, and explain its lingering effects on her as a teenager.
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