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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Khalil's classmates present to Khalil's family at his funeral?
2. What type of service does April Ofrah tell Starr's family that she wants to provide for Starr for no charge?
3. After how many months of being treated for cancer does Nana get fired from her hospital job?
4. After what practice do the members of Starr's family always join hands and offer a prayer to Black Jesus?
5. On what street do Khalil and Starr get pulled over in Khalil's car?
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 dichotomy does Starr describe between her Garden Heights persona and her Williamson Prep persona?
3. What does Starr say she needs to figure out about her and Chris's relationship before they can go any further with their romance?
4. What does Starr say happened when she invited Hailey and Maya to her house for a sleepover in the 7th grade?
5. 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?
6. What reasons does Starr give for keeping from Chris the fact that she had witnessed Khalil's murder?
7. 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?
8. What is the nature of Starr's relationship with King, Kenya's father?
9. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the novel's theme of compartmentalized identities.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the two characters of Maverick and Uncle Carlos. What qualities and viewpoints of society does each character represent?
Essay Topic 3
What is the author's position on the phenomena of civil disobedience, protesting, and rioting as possible methods of fighting against racially-motivated injustice?
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