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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gets thrown through the the window of Starr's house while she and her family are watching a basketball game?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A bat.
(c) A rock.
(d) A brick.

2. What kind of people does Starr tell the television interviewer that she wishes the cops would stop making assumptions about?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Black people.
(c) Young people.
(d) Poor people.

3. When one of the policemen allows Maverick to rise from the sidewalk but tells him he will be keeping an eye on him, what name does he add to the end of his warning?
(a) Boss.
(b) Son.
(c) Boy.
(d) Gangsta.

4. What video game do Chris and DeVante spend all of their time together playing?
(a) World of Warcraft.
(b) Tiger Woods
(c) Donkey Kong.
(d) Madden.

5. From what movie is the line, "Bye, Felicia?" (207)
(a) Friday.
(b) Do the Right Thing.
(c) Boyz in the Hood.
(d) Soul Plane.

6. During what class period do the protests start at Williamson Prep?
(a) 1st.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 6th.

7. What dance does Mr. Warren do at the prom?
(a) The Quan.
(b) The Nae-Nae.
(c) The Robot.
(d) The Watusi.

8. On her new blog, what does Starr write that Khalil had loved almost as much as he had loved his grandma?
(a) Bubble baths.
(b) Horses.
(c) Scary movies.
(d) Sub sandwiches.

9. Who does Hailey take to prom?
(a) DeVante.
(b) Luke.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Seven.

10. To whom does Maverick want to give Starr's old laptop?
(a) Sekani.
(b) Seven.
(c) Kenya.
(d) DeVante.

11. What location does Maverick say is the place where he and Lisa met?
(a) At the roller skating rink.
(b) At a high school basketball game.
(c) At an NBA basketball game.
(d) At a school dance.

12. What is DeVante wearing that gives Starr a pang in her chest because Khalil had worn one just like it?
(a) A sweater.
(b) A Mavericks cap.
(c) A Raiders cap.
(d) An apron.

13. What does April Ofrah say she will begin her work for Starr by doing?
(a) Getting her a television interview.
(b) Renting her an office.
(c) Filing a lawsuit against the county on her behalf.
(d) Getting a restraining order for her against Officer Cruise.

14. What name does Kenya call Starr for keeping her eyewitness account of Khalil's murder a secret from everyone but the detectives who interview her at the station?
(a) Lily-livered snake.
(b) Coward.
(c) Sneak.
(d) Yellow.

15. Starr thinks that what music artist(s) on Maverick's tee shirt makes the police harass Maverick more than Mr. Harris?
(a) NWA.
(b) Ice T.
(c) Tupac.
(d) The Notorious B.I.G.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa tells Maverick that he needs to decide which is more important: his family or what other element?

2. What type of vehicle crawls down the street announcing the terms of the curfew in Garden Heights?

3. Which one of Starr's friends at Williamson Prep has a pixie cut and stays in the school during the protest?

4. Aside from her mother and father, who does Maverick tell Starr is the only one that she has to fear?

5. How old is Starr when Maverick has a talk with her about what to do if a cop stops her?

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