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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. How many years ago does Starr say her parents enrolled her in the prep school?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

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

4. What type of service does April Ofrah tell Starr's family that she wants to provide for Starr for no charge?
(a) Psychiatric services.
(b) Medical services.
(c) Financial planning services.
(d) Legal services.

5. What separates the customers from the cashier at Reuben's BBQ?
(a) A pool table.
(b) A Formica counter.
(c) A plexiglass partition.
(d) A bulletproof partition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what gang are the teens who try to rob Seven and Starr on the basketball court?

2. What is the punishment Lisa doles out to Starr and Seven for leaving to play basketball without asking permission?

3. When Starr and Lisa arrive at the police station for Starr to be interviewed, how many cops does Starr count before she loses count because the guns in their holsters are all she can see?

4. How old is Khalil when the policeman shoots and kills him?

5. Whose fault does Starr say it is that the riots are happening?

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 the origin story of Seven's conception and how does it affect the family dynamic?

3. 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?

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

5. What kind of memories flood Starr's mind as she walks up Rosalie's walkway when they go to visit Rosalie instead of attending church?

6. What does Starr say she needs to figure out about her and Chris's relationship before they can go any further with their romance?

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

8. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?

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

10. What sort of help does DeVante seek from Maverick and what sort of help does he receive?

(see the answer keys)

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