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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 Mr. Hunter teach?

2. Why does Jamal lose his job?

3. Where does Tito's father live?

4. What does Mama choose to do instead of visiting Randy?

5. How did Sassy find out about Jamal's gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as Tito's cab is driving away?

2. What happened when Abuela found the gun that Tito was hiding?

3. What does Jamal say he would have done if Dwayne had pushed him, and how does Tito respond?

4. What does Jamal think about as he runs home from Tito's house after the shooting?

5. What happens when Blood sees Jamal working at the Bodega?

6. How does Jamal contact Indian to tell him to be the new leader?

7. What does Dwayne threaten to do after he loses the fight to Jamal, and how does Jamal respond to this?

8. How does Mack say Angel and Indian were shot?

9. What does Jamal spend his money from his job on?

10. Why won't Jamal let Tito come to his house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Jamal saw the men in his life making his mother cry, and promised himself to never do the same thing. How did Jamal go about keeping this promise, and how did this shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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