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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 object to in the hospital in the section titled Surgery?
2. What color sweatshirt does Richard get issued at juvenile detention?
3. Who said there are no violent offenses that are juvenile?
4. Who created the super-predator theory?
5. What was the name of the Burn Center Sasha's doctor had worked at for years?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Sasha feel they were misrepresented in the media coverage of the attack?
2. Why is Slater's explanation for the fact that police put suspects in a video room for the first 24 hours of incarceration after being booked for a serious crime?
3. What profile do most people who commit hate-crimes fit?
4. How do Sasha's parents feel about Richard in Part IV?
5. How does Sasha feel about being hugged by Richard's family?
6. What do the police questioning Richard tell him about the evidence they have against him?
7. Why are Sasha's friends so shocked that such a horrific crime could happen to Sasha?
8. What is some of the worst pain Sasha experiences as a result of the attack?
9. Who is one of the first people Richard wants to tell about what happened on the 57 bus and why?
10. How does Sasha feel after they first arrive in the emergency room in Part III?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Why does Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley decide to prosecute Richard as an adult? Do you think this decision was fair to Richard? Write an essay explaining why or why not, citing specific references to the text to help support 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.
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