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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 the new leader of the Bloods?

2. Why does Alex intentionally hurt Brittany's feelings about their relationship?

3. What shocks Brittany when she goes with Alex to see his home?

4. In what state does Brittany go to college?

5. Alex learns that it was ______________ who killed his father.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex become increasingly important in Brittany's life?

2. Why does Brittany agree to take her relationship with Alex public?

3. How has Brittany always tried to present herself in a way that people expect of her and how is Alex changing her perspective on that?

4. Why is Alex arrested on his way home in Chapter 34?

5. What order does Hector have for Alex to carry out on October 31?

6. Why does Alex quickly send Brittany away when he sees that Lucky has come to the garage?

7. What halts Brittany and Colin from having sex at Shane's party?

8. What are the circumstances in which Paco is killed and Alex is shot?

9. What decision have Brittany's parents made regarding Shelley that angers Brittany?

10. What is the activity that is building for a personal crisis for Alex related to the gang?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the cultural climate in America in the early 21st century and why the time was right for gangs to become more prevalent in cities like Chicago. What were the trends in America at the time? Why was gang life the only option for so many young people in America's large cities?

Essay Topic 2

Substance abuse seems to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the abuse? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? How does it affect the abusers? How does it affect those impacted by the abusers? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 3

What is the tragic story of "Romeo and Juliet"? How are Alex and Brittany like these two star-crossed lovers? In what ways are they different?

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