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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 does Jamal do when he gets home from helping with the sets?

2. Why does Jamal want to buy something when he gets some money?

3. When is the only time Jamal see his father?

4. What does Tito say he does NOT want Jamal to do?

5. Why is Jamal sent to the principal's office after his talk with Mack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Jamal's day better after he gets home from helping paint the sets?

2. Why does Jamal not want to be like his brother?

3. How does Jamal feel about his father, and why?

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

5. Why did Randy get a longer sentence than the other two people involved in the same crime?

6. What does Dwayne do after his first fight with Jamal?

7. Why does Miss Brown want Jamal to stay after school one day?

8. What is Jamal most mad at Randy for?

9. What was Randy arrested for?

10. What does the Principal threaten to do to Jamal if his behavior does not improve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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