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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. Point One of the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program starts with the words, "We want" (320) what?
2. What video game do Chris and DeVante spend all of their time together playing?
3. What gets thrown through the the window of Starr's house while she and her family are watching a basketball game?
4. Maverick tells Starr that a rage is passed down through the generations to every black man and that the rage had originated when the black men had been unable to stop what group from hurting their families?
5. What is DeVante wearing that gives Starr a pang in her chest because Khalil had worn one just like it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conflict erupts between Maverick and Uncle Carlos about Maverick's choice of a protection method after the attack on his family's home?
2. What is the true reason for the protests at Williamson Prep and why does it upset Starr?
3. What conflict concerning college is discussed during the dinner Starr's family has together on the floor of their new home?
4. What is the most shocking detail of Starr's interview with the television reporter, due to the fact that no one but Uncle Carlos had previously been privy to it?
5. How is the viewing of basketball shown to be an activity that bonds Starr's family together?
6. What emotions within the reader is the author trying to magnify by interrupting Starr's family's viewing of the playoff basketball game with an attack on the family's home?
7. What is ironic about the police officer named Larry's words to Maverick before he drives away from Maverick's store?
8. Why is Uncle Carlos home in the middle of a work day when Maverick brings DeVante to hide out at Uncle Carlos's house in Riverton Hills?
9. What turns out to be the reason for Chris's silence toward Starr on the night of prom and how is the problem resolved?
10. What does Starr say is the best part of her neighbors letting her know that they support her in testifying before the grand jury?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the author's position on the phenomena of civil disobedience, protesting, and rioting as possible methods of fighting against racially-motivated injustice?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What is Maverick's character's function within the novel? What does he add to the novel's discussion that would be missing if his viewpoints were not so carefully included within Starr's first-person accounts?
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