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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 does Jamal think killed Angela in "Coming Home"?
2. How long does it take Steve to return after Tracy reports the possible breakin in "We Got a Situation"?
3. Who comes home with Lillian and Corinne in "Coming Home"?
4. In "Let the Saints Say Amen," who stops Tracy as she makes her way to the front of the meeting?
5. How old was the author when racism in the criminal justic system was impirinted on her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Steve learn when he asks Lillian about harrassment when James was working on development with the Davidsons?
2. What does Beverly say at the community meeting?
3. What happens when Jamal is taken outside in "It Gets Worse"?
4. Where does Tracy find a gun in "I Ain't Never Scared"?
5. In "Truth Serum," who does Steve believe might be watching them from a white SUV?
6. What is the senior graduation party, and where is it held?
7. In "I Ain't Never Scared," who comes to the warehouse as Tracy and Quincy are searching, and how do Tracy and Quincy get away?
8. What did Angela take from Chris's glove compartment, and what happened to it?
9. In "Outlawz," what does Quincy do when someone comes into the production room, and does it work to defer suspicion?
10. What are some images that Tracy sees on the memory card that was hidden in the production room at Herron Media?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The Beaumonts are under a great deal of stress. What stress are the Beaumonts under? What is revealed about coping strategies through the way that they handle the stressors in their lives?
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