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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 name does Rosalie call Iesha at Khalil's funeral?

2. Who is the subject of Starr's Tumblr post that she believes caused Hailey to unfollow her on Tumblr?

3. What does Khalil say just before the policeman shoots him three times?

4. Whose hooded sweatshirt is Starr wearing at Big D's party?

5. What separates the customers from the cashier at Reuben's BBQ?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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 is revealed about Starr's dad Maverick's criminal past in the opening three chapters?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's purpose in including the character of Seven, who bridges the two worlds of Maverick and King due to one of his parents living within each household. How would the omission of his character make the novel's themes more difficult for the author to portray?

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 the novel's message concerning the power inherent in one's voice.

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