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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of vehicle are the King Lords sitting while Seven and Starr play one-on-one basketball the day after the riots break out?
(a) A minivan.
(b) A car.
(c) An SUV.
(d) A hearse.

2. What is the first name of the policeman with badge number One One Five?
(a) Jermaine.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Sebastian.
(d) Brian.

3. What promise does Uncle Carlos make that causes Starr to agree to letting the detectives interview her?
(a) That the policeman who shot Khalil will not be there.
(b) That she will not get arrested.
(c) That she will not get fingerprinted.
(d) That no one will know that she has spoken to the detectives.

4. After how many months of being treated for cancer does Nana get fired from her hospital job?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

5. What sounds do Starr and Khalil hear at Big D's party that cause them to run to Khalil's car?
(a) Police whistles.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Screams.
(d) Police sirens.

6. How many times in total does the policeman search Khalil after he pulls him over and pulls him out of the car?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

7. What is the name of Starr's prep school?
(a) Pencey Prep.
(b) Breezeway Prep.
(c) Washington Station Prep.
(d) Williamson Prep.

8. What do Khalil's classmates present to Khalil's family at his funeral?
(a) A painting.
(b) A hope chest.
(c) A graduation cap and gown.
(d) A diary.

9. What term does Starr apply to the corpses of both Khalil and Natasha as they lie in their coffins?
(a) Dummy.
(b) Wax figure.
(c) Mannequin.
(d) Marionette.

10. What does Khalil say just before the policeman shoots him three times?
(a) "You okay, Starr..." (23).
(b) "Power hungry pig..." (23).
(c) "Screw that noise..." (23).
(d) "Let her go..." (23).

11. Who does Lisa call with an invitation to come over to her house after the sounds of machine guns have been heard in the neighborhood?
(a) Iesha.
(b) Mrs. Pearl.
(c) Nana.
(d) Rosalie.

12. Whose fault does Starr say it is that the riots are happening?
(a) Her own.
(b) The police chief's.
(c) Natasha's.
(d) Khalil's.

13. Other than their one shared parent, what family member do Starr and Kenya have in common?
(a) Their brother is Seven.
(b) Their brother is Khalil.
(c) Their sister is Natasha.
(d) Their brother is Sekani.

14. Who does Starr say had been the best friend she had ever had?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Uncle Carlos.
(d) Khalil.

15. When Starr rightly accuses Khalil of selling crack cocaine, what two necessities does he say he had tired of choosing between?
(a) Lights and food.
(b) Heat and light.
(c) Milk money and bus fare.
(d) Food and gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Khalil's biological mother who struggles with a crack cocaine addiction?

2. To what room do Starr and her family run when they hear the sounds of machine guns?

3. What simile does Starr use to describe the cops leaving Khalil's body in the street after he is shot dead?

4. With what weapon do the police respond to the crowd's chanting and waving of protest signs after Khalil's funeral?

5. What kind of car does Khalil drive?

(see the answer keys)

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