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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Jayjones known?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Being a straight A student.
(c) Having a car.
(d) Playing football.

2. For what does D envy Neeka?
(a) Her close, loving family.
(b) Her intelligence and good grades.
(c) Her athletic ability.
(d) Her good looks.

3. Why is the narrator hesitant about D's request?
(a) She knows her mother does not like D and would not invite her to dinner.
(b) She doesn't have the subway fare.
(c) She is not allowed to do what D asks.
(d) She is supposed to babysit.

4. What does Neeka think Jayjones should do?
(a) Give up basketball.
(b) Join the Army.
(c) Join the Marines.
(d) Work hard at his basketball.

5. What does the narrator say about D's mother?
(a) She is strange.
(b) She is French.
(c) She is white.
(d) She is extremely black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is D's foster mother's name?

2. Why does D obey her foster mother?

3. Where has Jayjones been exercising?

4. What do Sly and the other man do at Randall's?

5. What does the narrator endure in order to get to where they are going?

(see the answer key)

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