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

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 detail about her birth does Starr learn for the first time as Lisa drives her to her Uncle Carlos's house?
(a) She had not been breathing.
(b) She had been addicted to cocaine.
(c) She had been a breach birth.
(d) She had weighed three pounds.

4. Who does Starr name as her very first crush?
(a) Khalil.
(b) Tupac.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Chris.

5. With what weapon do the police respond to the crowd's chanting and waving of protest signs after Khalil's funeral?
(a) Rubber bullets.
(b) Police dogs.
(c) Batons.
(d) Tear gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What separates the customers from the cashier at Reuben's BBQ?

2. Who does Khalil tell Starr was the person who coined the THUG LIFE acronym?

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

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

5. Who is the subject of Starr's Tumblr post that she believes caused Hailey to unfollow her on Tumblr?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What clues does the author inject into the party scene that indicate that gunshots are not a rare occurrence in Starr's neighborhood of Garden Heights?

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

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

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

6. What reasons does Starr give for wondering if she should go to Khalil's funeral and for feeling like a phony once she does go?

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

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

10. 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?

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