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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. Where was Jasmine planning a family trip for the fall of the year Richard attacked Sasha?

2. What school does Sasha attend?

3. What is Sasha's mother's name?

4. What is the language Sasha created?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sasha choose the name Sasha?

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

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

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

5. How does Skeet's death affect Richard?

6. Why does Cherie get upset when talking about her high school friends?

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

8. What does the term genderqueer mean to Sasha?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What do you think Richard's decision to ask Kaprice if he could join her school compliance program reveals about Richard's character and motivation? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Debbie say she wishes she had been able to read Richard's letters to the family before making the family's victim impact statement in court? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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