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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 Sasha's mother do for a living?

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

3. Which of Richard's aunts was killed in 2006?

4. Who is Richard's cousin that he is with on the day of the attack on Sasha?

5. What does Sasha tell her parents they think they are in terms of gender in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kaprice mean to the students she helps?

2. What does the term genderqueer mean to Sasha?

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

4. Why does Richard decide to take a lighter to Sasha's skirt?

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

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

7. What does Sasha convince Karl to change about his kindergarten classroom?

8. Why was Debbie angry about Sasha's refusal to use the bathroom at the gas station in Part I?

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

10. What does Sasha's reaction to Samantha's revelation that she might be transgender mean to Samantha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Skeet's death affect Richard? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Do you think the police who interviewed Richard right after the crime on the 57 Bus treated him fairly? Write an essay explaining why or why not, supporting your answers with specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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