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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 is the language Sasha created?

2. Which of the following does Richard lose when his is robbed at gunpoint?

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

4. Who is Richard's mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Sasha deal with their bathroom problem at school?

6. What conclusion does Karl come to about the attack he suffers in 1987?

7. Why does Sasha choose the name Sasha?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Slater refer to Oakland as a "city of stark contrasts?" (7). Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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