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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 is the name of the church where Bri's mother works?

2. What beat does Milez use for his second song in The Ring in Chapter Three?

3. In Chapter Five, where does Bri ask her mother about going to school as an alternative?

4. What kind of gun does Scrap show at Bri's recording session?

5. Who are the school security guards Bri and her friends are wary of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter One, why does Bri's teacher Mrs. Murray keep her after the test practice session?

2. In Chapter Nine, why does Bri feel she has to split her Sundays at church between sitting with Jay and sitting with her grandmother?

3. In Chapter Two, how does Bri feel when DJ Hype announces that she is the rapper Lawless's (Law's) daughter?

4. In Chapter One, how does Bri feel about teachers at Midtown School of the Arts comparing her to her brother Trey, who graduated before her?

5. In Chapter Eight, when and why does Bri like listening to her father's music the most?

6. In Chapter Seven, why does Bri decide not to tell Jay that she is going to a recording studio to record some of her music?

7. In Chapter Four, why do Long and Tate pull Bri out of the security line and throw her to the ground at school?

8. In Chapter One, what call is Bri waiting for and why is it so important to her?

9. In Chapter Three, what insult does Bri throw back at Milez in The Ring that reflects one of the big rules of The Ring she suspects he has broken?

10. In Chapter Two, what is one of the big reasons Bri wants to really make it as a hip-hop star/rapper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing what messages Thomas conveys about society through Trey's failure to find a job, despite having earned a college degree.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing how Miles's decision to embrace who he is, against his father Supreme's wishes, affects Bri's own choices about her ownership of her artistic path and career.

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