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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 is the narrator's name?

2. Where is Heike from?

3. Who is Frito?

4. What does Steve do for a living?

5. What present does Rockit give Lolly from Jermaine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Lolly's mom from?

2. Who starts a detective agency?

3. What is Harmonee?

4. What animal does Lolly encounter at the park in Chapter 13?

5. Where does the narrator live?

6. Who is Butteray Jones?

7. Who is following the narrator at the beginning of the novel?

8. Who is Lolly?

9. Where did Jermaine work before he died?

10. Where was Jermaine killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lolly's relationship with his father. What is the nature of this relationship, and in what ways does it have a negative or positive impact on Lolly? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the concept of gang life in Lolly's neighborhood. Who in the novel gets pressured into joining gangs, and how do they respond to that pressure? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the after-school program that Lolly attends. Why does Lolly attend this program, and how does it affect him? Does it have an overall positive or negative impact on Lolly? Use examples from the text as support.

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