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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. What does Reverend Sloan decide to do when he hears about Tariq's death?

2. What does Brick ask Noodle to do for him?

3. Why was Rocky running after Tariq?

4. What does Jennica go by at work?

5. Who was not one of the original four boys who swore not to join the Kings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Kimberly and Reverend Alabaster Sloan when they meet for the first time for Kimberly to do his makeup?

2. What are Jennica and Noodle doing when they witness Tariq's death?

3. How does Tyrell find out that it was Tariq who was shot and killed on Peach Street?

4. What caused the white puddle that Jennica remembers seeing on the pavement around Tariq after he was shot?

5. Why do Will's friends often make fun of him?

6. What is the role of Brian Trellis in Tariq's killing?

7. Why does Kimberly have some hard feelings towards Tariq?

8. What does Brick think about whether or not Tariq has a gun when he is shot?

9. What was the cause of Tariq Johnson's death?

10. What does Tom Arlen think about whether or not Tariq had a gun in his hand when he was shot?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Magoon portray the media and the individual conduct of media professionals in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the role that the older and elderly women like Rosalita and Redeema play in the larger community of Underhill following Tariq's death and the turmoil that follows from it, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

For all of the heartbreak that follow from Tariq's killing, there are a few positive outcomes too. Choose one positive element from the end of the novel and explain how Magoon uses it to give the reader some hope for the characters involved in it.

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