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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. When Hailey tells the PE teacher that Starr is struggling with her loss of Natasha again, to whom does the PE teacher send Starr?
3. What name does Rosalie call Iesha at Khalil's funeral?
4. What is the occasion of Big D's party that Starr attends at the opening of the novel?
5. What food does Hailey mention in her comment to Starr on the basketball court that offends Starr?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Starr cite as the reason for her parents enrolling her in a private school in a rich neighborhood six years prior to the start of the novel's events?
2. 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?
3. Contrast Maverick's view of Khalil's shooting with Uncle Carlos's view of Khalil's shooting.
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. 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?
7. What is revealed about Starr's dad Maverick's criminal past in the opening three chapters?
8. 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?
9. What does Starr say she needs to figure out about her and Chris's relationship before they can go any further with their romance?
10. Whom does Starr call when she feels she can no longer handle being at school the day of the basketball game altercation and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the novel's motif of rap and R and B music and its connection to the novel's themes.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the novel's theme of compartmentalized identities.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the novel's treatment of the themes of personal responsibility and the nature of guilt.
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