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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 make of car does Sticky’s mother drive?

2. From where does Wayne’s hospital nurse come?

3. In what year does C’s mother set up her foundation?

4. In what neighborhood does C’s mother live?

5. What is tattooed on Sticky’s right knuckles?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

2. In what features does Wayne note the resemblance between C and her father?

3. What injuries does Wayne sustain at police hands?

4. Why does Will disclaim his real name?

5. Why does Sticky suggest meeting at Jah’Va?

6. Why does Wayne note wanting to touch coins after news reaches C of Lu’s death?

7. How does Mo explain time to Wayne?

8. How does Wayne describe transitioning from associating with Mo to associating with Sticky?

9. What question is posed to Wayne’s fellow traveler that stays with him (173)?

10. How does Will summarize his early experience in the justice system?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the novel, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

Essay Topic 2

For what reason does one narrator’s grandmother hold them in such disdain? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

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