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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. When one of the policemen allows Maverick to rise from the sidewalk but tells him he will be keeping an eye on him, what name does he add to the end of his warning?

2. What is DeVante wearing that gives Starr a pang in her chest because Khalil had worn one just like it?

3. What type of vehicle crawls down the street announcing the terms of the curfew in Garden Heights?

4. 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?

5. Where is Starr's first television interview held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information do Starr, Maverick, and Lisa learn during their first visit to the Just Us for Justice office?

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

3. What is the significance of the video of Tupac that someone posts on Starr's blog that she created to honor Khalil's memory?

4. How do Starr and her family discover that the whole neighborhood knows she was the one in the car with Khalil when he was shot?

5. What does Starr say that the whole family has in common with Brickz?

6. 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?

7. Who tells a news reporter about King's drug dealing and how does he defend his choice to do so?

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 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?

10. What are the main points made by Starr and Kenya in their argument about whether Starr should speak out about Khalil's death or not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss April Ofrah's function within the novel and how her character is used by the author in order to send specific messages regarding organized and purposeful quests for societal change.

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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