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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Lee Lee, Andrea, and Jade stop during their outing to Frank's in Chapter 55?
(a) Because they see white cops getting aggressive with a Black man.
(b) Because they forgot their wallets at the store.
(c) Because they see white cops pulling over a Black woman.
(d) Because they see Lee Lee's ex on the street.

2. Which Black artist does Mia's gallery feature in Chapter 62?
(a) Kara Walker.
(b) Faith Ringgold.
(c) Jean-Michel Basquiat.
(d) Kehinde Wiley.

3. What does Jade compare her mother's cooking pots to in Chapter 36?
(a) Open mouths.
(b) Black cauldrons.
(c) Chattering teeth.
(d) Noisy drums.

4. In Chapter 76, what year was it when Clark reported that York was on his way back to St. Louis?
(a) 1832.
(b) 1837.
(c) 1834.
(d) 1829.

5. When looking at the whiteboard on the fridge in Chapter 38, what does Jade's mother ask her?
(a) She asks if she wants to go for a walk after school one day.
(b) She asks if she is making new friends.
(c) She asks if she has met a boy at school yet.
(d) She asks if she is able to keep up with her homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 49, what does Sam say is the reason the girl who talked back to Ms. Weber was not sent to see Mrs. Parker?

2. Where is the open mic night hosted?

3. Where did Bailey, one of Maxine's friends, go to college?

4. What do Kira and Bailey think about Maxine's ex-boyfriend, Jon?

5. What is the title of Chapter 72?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 57, how does Jade react when she realizes that Sam is not on the bus after returning from Costa Rica?

2. When Jade is at Maxine's apartment, what does she wish she had?

3. In Chapter 54, why does Jade not want to go to Sam's house?

4. What occurs between Jade and the saleswoman at the clothing store she and Sam go to in Chapter 32?

5. In Chapter 55, when Lee Lee, Andrea, and Jade watch a Black woman being stopped by white police officers, how do they respond?

6. What is the topic of Lee Lee's poem for open mic night?

7. What does Jade say to Andrew at the fundraiser?

8. In Chapter 76, what version of the story about York does Jade say she and many others believe?

9. What do Maxine and Jade talk about in Chapter 52?

10. What does Jade do with the pictures she took from her walk with Lee Lee and Andrea?

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