2. Upon what does the narrator remark concerning the beautiful day?
(a) She hopes all Neeka's days will be this beautiful.
(b) It is ironic that it is such a beautiful day considering where they are going.
(c) She can't wait for Tupac to get out of prison and experience such a beautiful day.
(d) She can't imagine seeing the day through prison bars.

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

4. What effect does Tupac's imprisonment have on him?
(a) It makes him decide to change his life.
(b) It numbs him.
(c) It enrages him.
(d) It sends him into deep depression.

5. What do Tash's visitors have to go through?
(a) A metal detector.
(b) A lecture on the justice system.
(c) A brief lecture on what they can and can't do.
(d) A strip search.

6. Why does going to a juvenile detention center seem appealing to Neeka?
(a) Because then her mother couldn't make her babysit.
(b) She would be horrified to go to such a place.
(c) For some peace and quiet.
(d) To show solidarity with Tash.

7. Why is Neeka resentful on the trip?
(a) She does not feel well.
(b) She has to watch her two younger brothers.
(c) She was supposed to go to the movies with a boy that day.
(d) She was supposed to go to a birthday party that day.

8. Where did Tash play piano before going to prison?
(a) Church.
(b) In his school orchestra.
(c) For his school chorus.
(d) A local nightclub.

9. What does Jayjones say about black men?
(a) They are hunted.
(b) They need to learn to get along in white society.
(c) They should leave the United States.
(d) They should hunt just as they are hunted.

10. Why is Tash moved?
(a) He is moved to a work camp.
(b) He is harrassed about being gay and Tash cuts the man.
(c) He asked to get closer to his family.
(d) He is not moved.

11. Where do the girls walk?
(a) To a large amphitheater in the park.
(b) The the cousin's neighbor's house.
(c) To the basement where the party is going on.
(d) To an ice cream store.

12. What does Jayjones say happens to black men in the wrong places?
(a) They are beaten by white gan?gs.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They are harrassed by white police.
(d) They are shot by police without even asking the men questions.

13. What is it about the East Side train that makes the narrator and Neeka's family uneasy?
(a) Not knowing exactly where they are supposed to get off.
(b) The train is swaying and making them a little seasick.
(c) The train is full of white people.
(d) The tracks are really rough.

14. To what does the narrator relate Tupac's arrest?
(a) To Mahatma Gandhi's arrest.
(b) To Mandela's arrest.
(c) To the arrest of others in Queens.
(d) To how slaves were brutalized.

15. What do Sly and his friend testify?
(a) That Tash was the only one in on the robbery.
(b) That Tash is the one who kills Randall.
(c) That Tash has nothing to do with the robbery.
(d) That Tash was in on the robbery.