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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Maverick want to give Starr's old laptop?
(a) Seven.
(b) DeVante.
(c) Sekani.
(d) Kenya.

2. What is the name of the projects in which Starr's family used to live before moving to Garden Heights?
(a) Central Place.
(b) Cedar Grove.
(c) Shady Pines.
(d) Marigold Blooms.

3. Until she says it in her television interview, who is the only person Starr has told about Officer Cruise keeping a gun pointed at her until back-up had arrived?
(a) DeVante.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Seven.
(d) Uncle Carlos.

4. Who tells the news reporter that the biggest drug dealer in the neighborhood is King?
(a) Mr. Lewis.
(b) Nana.
(c) Maverick.
(d) Seven.

5. What quality does Starr say that she qualifies as at Williamson Prep because she is black?
(a) An expert on other cultures.
(b) An outsider.
(c) Cool.
(d) Popular.

6. What song does Chris sing to Starr from the DJ booth at the prom once he and Starr have made up?
(a) The theme song of Wonder Woman.
(b) The theme song of High School Musical.
(c) The theme song of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
(d) The theme song of Harry Potter:Order of the Phoenix.

7. Whom does Maverick want to be taught how to use the cash register at the store when he wants to have a private talk with Starr?
(a) Tim.
(b) Mr. Lewis.
(c) Sekani.
(d) DeVante.

8. Aside from her mother and father, who does Maverick tell Starr is the only one that she has to fear?
(a) The college admissions officer.
(b) God.
(c) Her school principal.
(d) The police.

9. What gets thrown through the the window of Starr's house while she and her family are watching a basketball game?
(a) A baseball.
(b) A brick.
(c) A bat.
(d) A rock.

10. Who calls Starr over at prom after Chris leaves her alone to go talk to his friends?
(a) Maya.
(b) Hailey.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Kenya.

11. What kind of hairstyle does Seven wear?
(a) An afro.
(b) A fade.
(c) Dreadlocks.
(d) A buzzcut.

12. What is Maverick's favorite basketball team?
(a) The Celtics.
(b) The Bulls.
(c) The Spurs.
(d) The Lakers.

13. When Maverick thanks Black Jesus for helping Seven do something he himself did not do, what is it?
(a) Escape the projects.
(b) Get a high school diploma.
(c) Avoid a criminal record.
(d) Have safe sex throughout high school.

14. What dance does Mr. Warren do at the prom?
(a) The Quan.
(b) The Robot.
(c) The Nae-Nae.
(d) The Watusi.

15. When one of the policemen allows Maverick to rise from the sidewalk but tells him he will be keeping an eye on him, what name does he add to the end of his warning?
(a) Gangsta.
(b) Boss.
(c) Boy.
(d) Son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lisa tells Maverick that he needs to decide which is more important: his family or what other element?

2. In what kind of car do Chris and Starr arrive to prom?

3. During what class period do the protests start at Williamson Prep?

4. Who calls dibs on the biggest of the bedrooms available to the three kids who will be living in the new house?

5. What kind of people does Starr tell the television interviewer that she wishes the cops would stop making assumptions about?

(see the answer keys)

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