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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 distinctive way of texting does Starr say Seven uses?
3. What treat does Uncle Carlos take Starr out to get when she calls him to come get her from school?
4. When Hailey tells the PE teacher that Starr is struggling with her loss of Natasha again, to whom does the PE teacher send Starr?
5. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Starr give for loving the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
2. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?
3. What does Starr say happened when she invited Hailey and Maya to her house for a sleepover in the 7th grade?
4. 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?
5. What dichotomy does Starr describe between her Garden Heights persona and her Williamson Prep persona?
6. 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?
7. What action does Starr take that she names as a betrayal worse than dating a white boy and why?
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 sort of help does DeVante seek from Maverick and what sort of help does he receive?
10. What racist comment does Hailey make to Starr during the basketball game in PE that upsets Starr?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of the list of names Starr mentions at the end of the novel and its ties to the novel's themes.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the novel's message concerning the power inherent in one's voice.
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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