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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. Where did Buddy Lee meet Christine first?

2. Who comes out of the back room with a gun in Chapter Nineteen, saving Ike?

3. Where did Buddy Lee go to jail?

4. Why does Buddy Lee's landlord come to see him in Chapter Three?

5. In Chapter Four, what did Ike once try to teach his son that his son hated?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Five, what is Ike really afraid of about going after his son's killers?

2. In Chapter Thirteen, how do Buddy Lee and Ike best the two younger men in the house?

3. In Chapter Twenty, why does LaPlata visit Buddy Lee?

4. In Chapter Fourteen, what clue do Ike and Buddy Lee find at their sons' house?

5. In Chapter Five, what is Ike's business that he started and how is it doing?

6. In Chapter Nineteen, who comes to see Ike at his shop and what happens there?

7. In Chapter Twelve, what does Ike say to Buddy Lee about the difference between prison sentences for white and Black men?

8. In Chapter Twelve, where do Ike and Buddy Lee go together for clues about Derek's and Isaiah's murders?

9. In Chapter One, what do the police come to Ike's house to tell him?

10. In Chapter Thirteen, who shows up at Derek's and Isaiah's house while Buddy Lee and Ike are there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ike's care and protection towards Tangerine relate to his own relationship and history with Isaiah? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What changes between Buddy Lee and Ike, and their mission, after they kill Andy together? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Cosby handle the topic of loyalty, and who do you think are the characters that display the strongest loyalty to others in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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