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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job had Khalil once held at Carter's Grocery store?
(a) Bagger.
(b) Security guard.
(c) Cashier.
(d) Custodian.

2. What activity do Seven and Starr always do together on the last Saturday of every month?
(a) Go to the zoo.
(b) Watch the planes take off at the airport.
(c) Play basketball at the park.
(d) Go rollerskating.

3. What food does Hailey mention in her comment to Starr on the basketball court that offends Starr?
(a) Rice.
(b) Watermelon.
(c) Pancake syrup.
(d) Fried chicken.

4. In what gang are the teens who try to rob Seven and Starr on the basketball court?
(a) King Lords.
(b) Garden Disciples.
(c) Bloods.
(d) Grape Street Crips.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the breed of Starr's family dog?

2. What promise does Uncle Carlos make that causes Starr to agree to letting the detectives interview her?

3. What do Khalil's classmates present to Khalil's family at his funeral?

4. Who does Starr say had been the best friend she had ever had?

5. Whose hooded sweatshirt is Starr wearing at Big D's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Starr call when she feels she can no longer handle being at school the day of the basketball game altercation and why?

2. What is revealed about Starr's dad Maverick's criminal past in the opening three chapters?

3. What does Starr say happened when she invited Hailey and Maya to her house for a sleepover in the 7th grade?

4. What does Starr say she has always said she would do if she ever saw a black person killed just for being black and how does it contrast with her feelings now that she is actually in that position?

5. What reasons does Starr give for keeping from Chris the fact that she had witnessed Khalil's murder?

6. What action does Starr take that she names as a betrayal worse than dating a white boy and why?

7. What does Starr cite as the reason for her parents enrolling her in a private school in a rich neighborhood six years prior to the start of the novel's events?

8. What happens during Starr's interview with the detectives to make Starr and Lisa sure that justice will not be served in relation to Khalil's murder?

9. Contrast Maverick's view of Khalil's shooting with Uncle Carlos's view of Khalil's shooting.

10. Though Starr's family is used to hearing gunshots in their neighborhood, what causes them to turn the lights off and to eat dinner on the floor the night after Khalil's funeral?

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