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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. When Hailey tells the PE teacher that Starr is struggling with her loss of Natasha again, to whom does the PE teacher send Starr?

2. To what point total do Seven and Starr agree to play when they play one-on-one basketball the day after the riots break out in their neighborhood?

3. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?

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

5. With what weapon do the police respond to the crowd's chanting and waving of protest signs after Khalil's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Though Starr's family is used to hearing gunshots in their neighborhood, what causes them to turn the lights off and to eat dinner on the floor the night after Khalil's funeral?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What action does Starr take that she names as a betrayal worse than dating a white boy and why?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author get across her message about the importance of community unity within the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the novel's theme of compartmentalized identities.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the novel's motif of rap and R and B music and its connection to the novel's themes.

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