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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. Kenya tells Starr that she should speak up about the injustice of Khalil's death because Starr has a chance to change the whole what?

2. In what kind of car do Chris and Starr arrive to prom?

3. 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?

4. What song does Chris sing to Starr from the DJ booth at the prom once he and Starr have made up?

5. What name does Kenya call Starr for keeping her eyewitness account of Khalil's murder a secret from everyone but the detectives who interview her at the station?

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. How is Dr. Davis's response to Starr's request to have a round table discussion at Williamson Prep indicative of a larger societal problem?

3. What does Starr say is the best part of her neighbors letting her know that they support her in testifying before the grand jury?

4. What accolades does Starr receive as a result of her television interview and what negative consequences does she incur?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. What turns out to be the reason for Chris's silence toward Starr on the night of prom and how is the problem resolved?

8. What qualities of Lisa's parenting style are displayed during her phone call with the District Attorney?

9. What is ironic about the police officer named Larry's words to Maverick before he drives away from Maverick's store?

10. What are the differences between Uncle Carlos's neighborhood and Starr's family's new neighborhood?

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

Compare and contrast the two characters of Maverick and Uncle Carlos. What qualities and viewpoints of society does each character represent?

Essay Topic 3

Trace Starr's dynamic character arc across the novel's narrative.

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