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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. Which of the following is a way Sasha identifies themself?

2. Who is Richard with when he gets robbed at gunpoint in Part II?

3. Which old friend of Richard's is happy to see him at Oakland HIgh School in Part II?

4. What bathroom does Sasha use at their high school?

5. Why was Richard's father sometimes in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kaprice come to complete her own education and become a professional?

2. Why does Richard say he wants Kaprice to become friends with his mother?

3. How does Skeet's death affect Richard?

4. Why does Richard spend a year in a juvenile detention center in Part II?

5. What does Slater say makes Oakland feel like a small town?

6. What do multiple people say Richard is really good at?

7. What was the main point of the Index Card Game?

8. What surprises Kaprice about Richard's request to join her program?

9. What was Sasha interested in even as a toddler and then well into their teenage life, according to their parents?

10. What happens to Richard in Part II after he leaves juvenile detention that shakes him up and scares him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do some of Richard's friends and teachers from Oakland High School worry that the press and the community might be getting an inaccurate picture of Richard and his intentions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your opinions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Kaprice Wilson's own experiences growing up in Oakland, and beinn romantically involved with Lil' Jerry, tell the reader about the atmosphere in Oakland for young black people coming of age there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does James B. Jacobs, the director of New York University's Center for Research in Crime and Justice, think is the contradiction inhere in the same groups of people advocating for hate-crimes legislation and advocating against mass incarceration? (174). Do you think Jacobs' arguments are compelling and reasonable? Write an essay explaining why or why not.

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