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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. Where does Darris Young work?
(a) The Rosa Parks Center for Equal Justice.
(b) The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
(c) The Nemon Center.
(d) The Wright Center.

2. What do psychologists call times of intense emotions or stress?
(a) Hot cognition.
(b) Flash points.
(c) Lightening rounds.
(d) Danger points.

3. How much does a student-led fundraiser at Oakland High raise for Sasha's medical expenses?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $800.
(d) $5,000.

4. What does Richard tell the police about his feelings towards gay people?
(a) He says he loves gay people.
(b) He says he can not stand gay people.
(c) He says he does not care either way if someone is straight or gay.
(d) He says he does not hate gay people but that he is very homophobic, and this is a contradiction.

5. What does Jasmine tell people who have comments about what Richard did?
(a) To talk to Richard themselves.
(b) To take it to God and pray for Richard.
(c) To talk to the prosecutor.
(d) To keep it to themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do students, teachers, and staff at Maybeck do to show support for Sasha?

2. What did many banners posted in Oakland High in support of Sasha say?

3. Who is the basketball coach at Oakland High?

4. Why is Richard afraid to smile at his mother in the courtroom?

5. How many phone calls does a person booked into juvenile hall get to make?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sasha express their feelings about Richard in Part IV?

2. How do Sasha's parents feel about Richard in Part IV?

3. How does Sasha feel after they first arrive in the emergency room in Part III?

4. Why is there such a delay in Richard's writing a letter to Sasha and Sasha receiving the letter?

5. Why is Amy Wilder's revelation so powerful for the group that Kaprice gathers in Part IV?

6. Why does Andrew avoid visiting Sasha in the hospital?

7. How do many of the people who know Richard best react to the news of his crime?

8. How does Sasha feel about being hugged by Richard's family?

9. How did the super-predator theory devised by John J. Dilulio Jr. pave the way for some states to start charging juveniles as adults?

10. What profile do most people who commit hate-crimes fit?

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