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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. Why does Andy feel responsible for Rob's death?

2. What makes Angel laugh after Jordan is taken away by the police?

3. What did Angel tell Gerald Jordan had threatened while she was sick?

4. What does Gerald tell Angel after Jordan is taken away by the police?

5. What does Monique mouth to Jordan during the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who rides with Angel to the hospital after the fire?

2. What does Jordan do when he realizes the flames in the kitchen were getting big?

3. How does Monique get injured?

4. How is Gerald able to get the police in to arrest Jordan?

5. What does Gerald find when he enters his apartment when it is smoking?

6. How does Gerald save Angel during the fire?

7. How does the basketball team show their friendship to Gerald?

8. What causes Angel to allow Jordan to slap her?

9. What honor does Angel get from her dance class?

10. What does Gerald trip over while trying to get Angel out of the fire, and when does he realize this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

Kiara was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

What does the title of this theme symbolize, and what does it mean to Gerald and his family by the end of the book?

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