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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. What is the name of Jamal's best friend?

2. How does Jamal want to travel to new places when he grows up?

3. How old was Randy when he was arrested?

4. Where does Jamal sleep now that Randy is not at home?

5. What is the gun hidden in when the fight begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mama plan to raise the money she says she needs at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Jamal do after school the day after his meeting with Mack?

3. How does Jamal feel when he gets home after his meeting with the Scorpions?

4. What is Tito worried about when he sees that Jamal brought the gun to school, and how does Jamal calm him down?

5. What are the Scorpion headquarters like?

6. Where does Jamal sleep now that Randy is in prison?

7. What does Jamal do to intimidate Dwayne and ultimately win the fight?

8. How long was Randy sentenced to jail, and what does Jamal think of this?

9. How does Jamal feel when he has the gun?

10. In Chapter 5, what does Mack say Randy told him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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