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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. Where do Starr and Chris and their friends go after prom?
2. What does Chris call Starr in the first text message in which he tells her he loves her?
3. Who gives Maverick and Lisa the money for the down payment on their new house?
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. 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 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?
2. How is the viewing of basketball shown to be an activity that bonds Starr's family together?
3. What conflict erupts between Maverick and Uncle Carlos about Maverick's choice of a protection method after the attack on his family's home?
4. What qualities of Lisa's parenting style are displayed during her phone call with the District Attorney?
5. What happens to Maverick in front of his children when he and Mr. Lewis are arguing and are confronted by the police? Why?
6. Why does King want to kill DeVante?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What conflict concerning college is discussed during the dinner Starr's family has together on the floor of their new home?
10. What normal moment of adolescence does Starr get to engage in on prom night before having to return to the pressure she is under while she awaits her appearance in front of the grand jury?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the novel's treatment of the themes of personal responsibility and the nature of guilt.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze how Starr's experience of witnessing Khalil's death changes her view of her relationship with Chris. What is the author's purpose for including this shift in Starr's worldview?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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