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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. Who is trying to recruit Frito for their crew?

2. What does Lolly's mother tell him to take down in Chapter 7?

3. What business do Sunny and April start?

4. Who is Mr. Ali?

5. Who is Frito?

Short Essay Questions

1. What usually helps Lolly feel better when he is upset?

2. Who does Lolly think about when he is making art?

3. How does Jermaine react when Lolly asks him if he can help him get a job?

4. Who is Lolly?

5. What does Lolly use the storage room at after-school for?

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

7. Who is Benny Rachpaul?

8. Who is trying to get Vega's cousin to join their crew?

9. Who gets shot in front of a bodega?

10. What does Steve do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring significance of the storage room. What is the storage room, and why is it so important to Lolly and Rose? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Lolly's relationship with Vega. How and why does this relationship change throughout the novel? What keeps them apart and what brings them back together? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

The story is written in first-person narration, with Lolly acting as the book's narrator. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story this way. How does this structure affect the plot and our understanding of each of the characters?

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