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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. In "Ready. Set. Go." when was the record set that Jamal beat during the last rack meet of the season?

2. What does Quincy drive?

3. In "Like Father, Like Son," what does Tracy realize her father is out of?

4. In "Gotcha!," where does Tracy find Quincy?

5. What is Steve Jones wearing when he tells Tracy he is taking her dad's case?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Beverly Ridges?

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

3. In "Like Father, Like Son," what does Tracy's father say when she tells him what she wants to for a career?

4. In "Don't Freeze," how does Tracy nearly get shot?

5. How did James, Jackson Rdges, and Mark Davidson do business together?

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

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

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

9. Why does Tracy write Innocence X?

10. What does Lillian think will happen because Jamal is not in school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tracy gives Know Your Rights workshops. Why does Tracy give Know Your Rights workshops? How is the criminal justice system a minefield for Blacks? What is revealed about the criminal justice system through Tracy’s workshops?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Ku Klux Klan? Why does Mr. Evans believe they are active in the area? Why might the brick through the window and the burning cross have been caused by the Klan?

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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