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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 is Starr's neighborhood called?
2. After what practice do the members of Starr's family always join hands and offer a prayer to Black Jesus?
3. What injury does Starr say she had incurred while jumping down from a fence that caused her to stop jumping to the ground from high places?
4. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?
5. Who stops the teens from robbing Seven and Starr on the basketball court?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the nature of Starr's relationship with King, Kenya's father?
2. 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?
3. What reasons does Starr give for keeping from Chris the fact that she had witnessed Khalil's murder?
4. 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?
5. What racist comment does Hailey make to Starr during the basketball game in PE that upsets Starr?
6. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?
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. Contrast Maverick's view of Khalil's shooting with Uncle Carlos's view of Khalil's shooting.
9. What is revealed about Starr's dad Maverick's criminal past in the opening three chapters?
10. What is the origin story of Seven's conception and how does it affect the family dynamic?
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 how Starr's experience of witnessing Khalil's death changes her view of her relationship with Chris. What is the author's purpose for including this shift in Starr's worldview?
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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