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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. For two members of what 90s R and B group are DeVante and Dalvin named?
(a) Color Me Badd.
(b) En Vogue.
(c) Bell Biv Devoe.
(d) Jodeci.

2. To what room do Starr and her family run when they hear the sounds of machine guns?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Basement.
(c) Den.
(d) Attic.

3. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?
(a) A gray handkerchief.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A revolver.
(d) A cigar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Starr and her friends sing loudly, "Just get'cha head in the game" during the PE basketball game, what musical does Starr say they are referencing?

2. What sounds do Starr and Khalil hear at Big D's party that cause them to run to Khalil's car?

3. What detail about her birth does Starr learn for the first time as Lisa drives her to her Uncle Carlos's house?

4. When Starr reports that the interview with the detectives takes fifteen minutes and that at the end of it, both she and Lisa know that the situation is going to be a certain way, what do they say they know it will be?

5. What is the first name of the policeman with badge number One One Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. At what moments does Starr feel she has overstepped her bounds or has made mistakes within her interview with the detectives who question her about the night of Khalil's death?

3. What does Seven reveal to Starr, Maverick, and Lisa about his problems at home the morning after Khalil is shot?

4. 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?

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

6. What is the nature of Starr's relationship with King, Kenya's father?

7. What dichotomy does Starr describe between her Garden Heights persona and her Williamson Prep persona?

8. 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?

9. What reason does Starr give for loving the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

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

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