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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 does Jamal plan to go to college?

2. What color is John Brighton's hair?

3. Who does Tracy see in the school newsroom after Mr. Kaine leaves in "Ruby Bridges Brave"?

4. What noise does Tracy hear at the beginning of "The Fast and The Furious"?

5. In "Police State," who meets Tracy and her mother at the police station?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Tracy write Innocence X?

4. Why did Tracy's family move to Texas?

5. Why does Tracy have to go with her mother to Galveston in "Mission (Un)Accomplished"?

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

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

8. How does Beverly say that Angela died and where she was found?

9. Where do Tracy and her family live, and what is it like?

10. What is the problem with Tracy going to the antique store where her mother works?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A spoiler in literature is an element in a story that reveals plot elements. What are some titles of chapters? How do those titles indicate what will happen in a chapter? Are the chapter titles spoilers?

Essay Topic 2

Jamal feared that if he turned himself in to the police, he would not receive justice. Why did Jamal not believe that he would receive justice from the police if he turned himself in? How did Jamal and his father finally receive justice?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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