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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. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Trey tell Jay and Bri that upsets Jay so that she goes to her bedroom?
2. In Chapter Twenty, what game do Sonny, Malik and Bri play together?
3. In Chapter Thirteen, why is Bri still angry with Aunt Pooh?
4. How does Bri say she can do Curtis's hair for him?
5. In Chapter Nineteen, who starts a petition to get Bri's song taken down from Dat Cloud?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Twenty-One, what happens to Bri and Malik as they walk back to Bri's house?
2. In Chapter 13, what does Jay give to Bri and Trey that means more to Bri than new presents?
3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Bri ask Malik to do concerning what they have just been through together?
4. In Chapter Fourteen, what event helps launch Bri's song On the Come Up into viral popularity?
5. In Chapter Seventeen, how does Jay find out about Bri's song On the Come Up and what the song is about?
6. In Chapter Nineteen, what is one thing that bothers Bri about the woman, Emily Taylor, who circulates the petition to censor her song?
7. In Chapter Fifteen, why is Bri not allowed into The Ring to peform?
8. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Trey tell Bri about her song On the Come Up and what he thinks about her pursuing a career in rap?
9. In Chapter 19, what is Bri so upset that her mother had to do in order to help them afford food?
10. In Chapter Sixteen, why does Bri start to have doubts about having Aunt Pooh as her manager?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing Thomas's decision to end the novel on a hopeful, optimistic note for Bri, Jay, Trey, and Sonny.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Bri's range of reactions to the controversies "On the Come Up" gives rise to, including the petition a white mother of a student at her school begins circulating to have the song taken down from its hosting platform.
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