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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. What does the narrator endure in order to get to where they are going?
(a) Hearing Miss Irene talk on and on.
(b) A poor breakfast and long train and bus rides.
(c) Rejection from the college.
(d) The pitying glaces of white people.

2. Of what is Tash convinced about Sly?
(a) That he is gay.
(b) That he is wealthy.
(c) That he is a racist.
(d) That he is corrupt.

3. Where does the narrator go with Miss Irene one Saturday in the summer?
(a) To visit Tash in prison.
(b) To the amphiteater where she had such an emotional experience.
(c) To see Neeka's father in a hospital.
(d) To interview at a college.

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

5. What do Sly and the other man do at Randall's?
(a) Beat up Sly and another man.
(b) Convince Tash and Randall that they are undercover cops.
(c) Beat up Tash and kill Randall.
(d) Kill Randall and steal Tash's wallet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do D, Neeka and the narrator get off the bus?

2. Why is the narrator hesitant about D's request?

3. How is Sly whenever Tash meets him?

4. Upon what does the narrator remark concerning the beautiful day?

5. What is the news about Tash?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does D ask the narrator and Neeka if they want to do, what is their response?

2. What is D's history with foster homes?

3. Where is D going to live and what do the friends vow?

4. What does Tash look like when he comes into the visitation area and how does he act?

5. What does Neeka's family do while visiting with Tash and what does Miss Irene say about his lawyer? What does Tash tell her?

6. What does the narrator's mother give her for her birthday?

7. What do Neeka and the narrator do when they come home after being with D in Chapter 11?

8. How does the narrator feel about the amphitheater and what do the girls do on the stage?

9. How does Neeka's family enter the prison and how do they feel about the guards?

10. What did Tash do at church before he went to prison?

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