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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. When Maverick thanks Black Jesus for helping Seven do something he himself did not do, what is it?
(a) Escape the projects.
(b) Get a high school diploma.
(c) Have safe sex throughout high school.
(d) Avoid a criminal record.

2. What does Dr. Davis tell Starr when she asks if Just Us for Justice can host a roundtable discussion at Williamson Prep like they have at Garden High?
(a) He does not see the need.
(b) Maybe someday.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. What does Ryan always call Starr as the running joke they share?
(a) Sister Sledge.
(b) Mrs. Carter.
(c) Black Girlfriend.
(d) Miss Jackson.

4. Who puts the idea for a day of protesting into effect at Williamson Prep?
(a) Remy.
(b) Starr.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Hailey.

5. What video game do Chris and DeVante spend all of their time together playing?
(a) Tiger Woods
(b) Madden.
(c) World of Warcraft.
(d) Donkey Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is embossed on the leather wallet Starr gives Maverick for Father's Day one year?

2. Starr thinks that what music artist(s) on Maverick's tee shirt makes the police harass Maverick more than Mr. Harris?

3. What kind of gun does Maverick use to shoot the tire of the gunmen who had shot up Maverick's family's house?

4. What gets thrown through the the window of Starr's house while she and her family are watching a basketball game?

5. What does Maverick have to do for Sekani every time Sekani catches him using a curse word?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the true reason for the protests at Williamson Prep and why does it upset Starr?

2. What emotions within the reader is the author trying to magnify by interrupting Starr's family's viewing of the playoff basketball game with an attack on the family's home?

3. What does Starr say that the whole family has in common with Brickz?

4. What information do Starr, Maverick, and Lisa learn during their first visit to the Just Us for Justice office?

5. Why is Uncle Carlos home in the middle of a work day when Maverick brings DeVante to hide out at Uncle Carlos's house in Riverton Hills?

6. What normal moment of adolescence does Starr get to engage in on prom night before having to return to the pressure she is under while she awaits her appearance in front of the grand jury?

7. What conflict erupts between Maverick and Uncle Carlos about Maverick's choice of a protection method after the attack on his family's home?

8. What are the differences between Uncle Carlos's neighborhood and Starr's family's new neighborhood?

9. What is the most shocking detail of Starr's interview with the television reporter, due to the fact that no one but Uncle Carlos had previously been privy to it?

10. How is Dr. Davis's response to Starr's request to have a round table discussion at Williamson Prep indicative of a larger societal problem?

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