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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. Whose hooded sweatshirt is Starr wearing at Big D's party?
2. What is the occasion of Big D's party that Starr attends at the opening of the novel?
3. What does Starr say happens every time a sneaker is cleaned improperly?
4. What term does Starr apply to the corpses of both Khalil and Natasha as they lie in their coffins?
5. What distinctive way of texting does Starr say Seven uses?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Starr take that she names as a betrayal worse than dating a white boy and why?
2. What reason does Starr give for loving the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
3. 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?
4. What racist comment does Hailey make to Starr during the basketball game in PE that upsets Starr?
5. 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?
6. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?
7. 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?
8. Whom does Starr call when she feels she can no longer handle being at school the day of the basketball game altercation and why?
9. What kind of memories flood Starr's mind as she walks up Rosalie's walkway when they go to visit Rosalie instead of attending church?
10. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?
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
Analyze the novel's motif of rap and R and B music and its connection to the novel's themes.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Maverick's decision to keep his store within the neighborhood of Garden Heights, even though he decides to move his family's home to a safer location within Brook Falls. What messages is the author sending through this character's choices?
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