View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people live in Oakland, CA?

2. Who is Sasha's best friend starting in fifth grade?

3. Who is Kaprice's boyfriend when she is a teenager?

4. What does Kaprice's boyfriend call her in Part II?

5. Why does Sasha's class have to evacuate from their camping trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What experiences did Debbie have with her clothing being policed in the late 1960s as a student?

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

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

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

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

9. What does the term genderqueer mean to Sasha?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the process of restorative justice? Do you think Sasha's and Richard's families - and Sasha and Richard themselves - would have benefitted from a restorative justice process? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most significant differences between Maybeck High School, where Sasha attends school, and Oakland High School, where Richard attends high school? Write an essay explaining your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 619 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample