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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 "Baby Got Back Burners," when does Tracy have a workshop at the community center?

2. Where is Polunsky Prison located?

3. On April 23, how long does James Beaumont have before his execution?

4. In "Police State," where does the sheriff say that Jamal's letter jacket was found?

5. Where does Tracy learn through text messages that a memory card is that James hid for Angela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tracy learn from reading text messages on Angela's phone?

2. How did Quincy help Tracy when her father was in jail?

3. What are Jamal and Angela doing when Tracy arrives at the radio station in "Flesh and Blood"?

4. Why does Tracy write Innocence X?

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

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

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

8. What does Tracy see at the Pike that she thinks the police might have missed in "Vigilantes Get Ish Done"?

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

10. In "The Fast and the Furious," why do the police come to the Beaumont's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before events in the novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Dean tells Tracy that he worries he will become his mother. Why does Dean tell Tracy that he fears becoming like his mother? Are Dean and his mother different in regards to race?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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