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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. How many of the cases that Innocence X takes ends up in exoneration?

2. In Tracy's May 10 letter to Innocence X, what percent of defendants does she say on death row are supposedly innocent?

3. What color are Dean's eyes?

4. Where does Tracy's mother work?

5. What does Quincy drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Tracy learn in "Each One Teach One"?

2. What evidence does the sheriff have that seems to indicate that Jamal killed Angela?

3. How does Tasha feel about her dad and why?

4. What news does Tasha have for Tracy in "The Odd Couple"?

5. In "The Odd Couple," what does Angela tell Tracy about Tracy's desire to be editor of the school newspaper?

6. What does Tracy find in Jamal's nightstand when she searches it in "Guilty . . . Until Proven Innocent"?

7. Why does Jamal have an interview on the Susan Touric Show?

8. What does Corinne tell Susan Touric about her brother during the interview?

9. Why is James in prison?

10. Who is Beverly Ridges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

Tracy hopes that her brother will be treated fairly as a suspect for Angela’s death. Is Tracy mostly an optimist or a pessimist when it comes to how her brother will be treated if he turns himself in? How does she face events—as an optimist or a pessimist?

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