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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. On what street do Khalil and Starr get pulled over in Khalil's car?
(a) Vine.
(b) Frederick.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Carnation.

2. What does Starr say that her parents have told her is not a smart thing to do while a cop has his back to her?
(a) Run.
(b) Talk.
(c) Call someone.
(d) Move.

3. What detail does Starr forget to tell the detectives during her initial interview?
(a) The police officer had known that Khalil had no weapons in the car.
(b) Khalil had gotten out of the car with his hands up.
(c) The police officer had called Khalil a racial slur.
(d) Khalil had not been drinking at the party.

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) Financial planning services.
(c) Medical services.
(d) Legal services.

5. 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) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Starr rightly accuses Khalil of selling crack cocaine, what two necessities does he say he had tired of choosing between?

2. Who is Khalil's biological mother who struggles with a crack cocaine addiction?

3. Who is Kenya's biological father?

4. How many years ago does Starr say her parents enrolled her in the prep school?

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

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

3. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?

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

5. What racist comment does Hailey make to Starr during the basketball game in PE that upsets Starr?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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