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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 Jennica realize at Tariq's funeral?
(a) That she wants to go to church more.
(b) That she wants to date Brick.
(c) That she wants to break up with Noodle and get out from under life with the Kings.
(d) That she wants to be friends with Tyrell.

2. Why does Vernesha let Terrence back in the house?
(a) She thinks he will at least be useful for getting them things and making it past the media.
(b) She wants to ask him for child support.
(c) She wants to get back together with him.
(d) She wants him to invite her to go to church with him.

3. What happy memory does Tyrell think about with Tariq in Chapter 12?
(a) Having camp-outs.
(b) Driving around together.
(c) Eating hot dogs until they got sick.
(d) Throwing water balloons off his roof together.

4. What is the girl's name who Melody volunteers with at the assisted living facility?
(a) Tina.
(b) Sheila.
(c) Rosalita.
(d) Angelique.

5. What does Brick think about pressuring Tyrell to join the Kings?
(a) He is doing it to get revenge on Tariq.
(b) He thinks it is what Tariq would have wanted.
(c) He is doing it because he thinks Tyrell is a strong person.
(d) He is doing it to make Noodle mad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Brick and Tariq have in common?

2. What does Jennica tell the reporter who comes to see her for a second time at work at the diner?

3. Which one of the boys slept fitfully so that he always got his own sleeping bag after their first sleepover?

4. What is Tyrell hanging on for until he can get away from the Kings in Chapter 10?

5. What mural does Jennica look at and contemplate in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jennica ask Tyrell to do at Brick's party?

2. What problem is Tyrell struggling with after Tariq's death that he can not find a way to solve?

3. What does Noodle do to Jennica in Chapter 8 that physically hurts her?

4. What does Brick ask Sammy when he beckons Sammy to come to his bedroom and shows him all his weapons?

5. What makes Tyrell so sad about his memories of the day he and Tariq threw water balloons off the top of Tyrell's building?

6. Where does Melody volunteer and what happens when she goes to her volunteer position for the first time after Tariq's death?

7. Who does Brick ask to go before the cameras and defend Tariq's memory?

8. Why is Tyrell so scared on the way to the party Brick has forced him to go to with him and the other Kings?

9. What does Jennica say to the reporter who comes to the diner she works at to interview her the second time?

10. What does Tina find in Tariq's room that she knows is dangerous and does not tell anyone about?

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