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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 Fourteen, who offers Bri a ride home?
2. In Chapter Fourteen, who has to move to the backseat of the car so Bri can sit in the front on her ride home from The Ring?
3. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Trey propose as a fix for their financial problems?
4. In Chapter Fourteen, why is Bri not allowed into The Ring to perform?
5. How old was Jay when she had Trey?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Bri refuse to consider letting Malik release the full video of what Long and Tate did to her?
2. In Chapter Seventeen, what happens at Bri's school when the students see that Long and Tate are back on duty?
3. In Chapter Fifteen, why does Bri refuse to leave The Ring with Pooh, and who offers to give her a ride home instead?
4. In Chapter Fourteen, what event helps launch Bri's song On the Come Up into viral popularity?
5. In Chapter Twenty-Three, how does Bri react when her grandmother insists on her coming to live with them, and why is it important to Jay?
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 Twenty-Two, who does Bri call after she loses her father's chain, and why?
8. In Chapter Twenty-One, what happens to Bri and Malik as they walk back to Bri's house?
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 Seventeen, what are Shana, Malik, and others trying to convince Bri to agree to that they believe will help their activist aims?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do the Timbs - boots - that Supreme gives Bri symbolize about her entire relationship with Supreme? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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
By the end of the novel, which character or characters does Bri look to as examples of people who have stayed true to themselves and made their own path on their own terms in their personal and/or professional lives? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.
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