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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. To which of the following does Shayla compare Stacy?

2. How long is the break at Shayla’s school?

3. With which of the following does Chapter 28: "Highlights" begin?

4. Which of the following does Mr. Powell’s class treat?

5. Which degree is Shayla’s mother pursuing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shayla note the Monday after Halloween got off to a bad start for her?

2. How does Shayla’s mother note her friendship with Janice began?

3. What remarks does Principal Trask have about Shayla’s Halloween costume?

4. How does Shayla note having met Yolanda?

5. What does Shayla cite as the fun in practicing for hurdles?

6. How does Alex tease Shayla in the wake of the preseason meet?

7. Why does Shayla’s mother agree to host the sleepover despite the girls’ behavior?

8. How are “‘old school’ parties” defined in the novel (141-42)?

9. What does Shayla envision when considering Emerson’s comment about going where there is no path?

10. What advice does Shayla receive about running hurdles when she first begins to train for them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from concerns of racial tensions, what is the most important theme of A Good Kind of Trouble. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

To which genre other than YA might A Good Kind of Trouble be argued to belong? How might it be argued to be part of that other genre?

Essay Topic 3

A number of readers cite the following passage as being of importance (41): “Okay, like if you eat unhealthy food a long time, you’re going to be unhealthy, right? Well, for too long people have been fed a diet about Black folks. About folks with brown skin. Making them think we’re scary. And that’s how the police have been trained to act. It’s going to take a long time to change people’s minds.”

Assuming that the passage is important to the novel, how and why is it so?

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