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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Starr name as her very first crush?
(a) Tupac.
(b) Khalil.
(c) Harry Potter.
(d) Chris.

2. What does Khalil say just before the policeman shoots him three times?
(a) "Power hungry pig..." (23).
(b) "Let her go..." (23).
(c) "Screw that noise..." (23).
(d) "You okay, Starr..." (23).

3. Whose hooded sweatshirt is Starr wearing at Big D's party?
(a) Seven's.
(b) Kenya's.
(c) Big Mav's.
(d) Khalil's.

4. How long does Starr's first interview with the detectives last?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

5. What promise does Uncle Carlos make that causes Starr to agree to letting the detectives interview her?
(a) That the policeman who shot Khalil will not be there.
(b) That she will not get arrested.
(c) That she will not get fingerprinted.
(d) That no one will know that she has spoken to the detectives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Khalil's biological mother who struggles with a crack cocaine addiction?

2. What simile does Starr use to describe the cops leaving Khalil's body in the street after he is shot dead?

3. Who shows up at Lisa's work when Seven, Sekani, and Starr have all come to bring Lisa food during her lunch break?

4. To what point total do Seven and Starr agree to play when they play one-on-one basketball the day after the riots break out in their neighborhood?

5. What is the first name of the policeman with badge number One One Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?

2. Whom does Starr call when she feels she can no longer handle being at school the day of the basketball game altercation and why?

3. What clues does the author inject into the party scene that indicate that gunshots are not a rare occurrence in Starr's neighborhood of Garden Heights?

4. What reasons does Starr give for keeping from Chris the fact that she had witnessed Khalil's murder?

5. What reason does Starr give for loving the TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

6. What does Starr say she has always said she would do if she ever saw a black person killed just for being black and how does it contrast with her feelings now that she is actually in that position?

7. What does Starr say happened when she invited Hailey and Maya to her house for a sleepover in the 7th grade?

8. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?

9. What is the origin story of Seven's conception and how does it affect the family dynamic?

10. What reasons does Starr give for wondering if she should go to Khalil's funeral and for feeling like a phony once she does go?

(see the answer keys)

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