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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator's mother question her about D?
(a) To find out if D is a classmate.
(b) To make certain that D has enough food.
(c) To find out if D is homeless.
(d) To ensure she is not the wrong type of person for her daughter to know.

2. What is the narrator's mother like?
(a) A drug addict.
(b) An alcoholic.
(c) Nice enough but standoffish.
(d) Loving but is mostly gone.

3. What is the narrator always doing?
(a) Drawing pictures.
(b) Playing basketball.
(c) Reading.
(d) Talking on the phone.

4. What are Neeka and the narrator doing?
(a) Playing hopscotch.
(b) Teaching kids to jump rope.
(c) Playing jacks.
(d) Sitting on the stoop talking.

5. Who is Tash?
(a) A black minister who is too white.
(b) A black man shot for no reason in a white neighborhood.
(c) Emmett's older brother who is in jail.
(d) Emmett's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first time Tupac was shot?

2. What does Neeka think Jayjones should do?

3. How do the narrator and Neeka feel about D?

4. What do the three girls have with the jump rope?

5. How did Jayjones get his nickname?

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