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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. Who calls Kiara when she gets home on page 109 after going to the skate park with Alé?

2. Who picks up Kiara on page 166 and takes her to Cole's?

3. How do Marcus and Kiara get to an overpass near the highway?

4. What was the woman who speaks to Kiara at the party 190 asks her to come to wearing when Kiara saw her at the Oakland Police Headquarters?

5. When Kiara goes to the studio on page 173, what color is the new carpet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kiara remember about her father's arrest?

2. On page 214, how has Kiara spent the last two weeks?

3. What is Marsha FIelds' office like?

4. When did Kiara first meet Shauna?

5. What do Trevor and Kiara make for her birthday?

6. What does Demond offer Kiara, and why does she decide that is not what she wants?

7. What does Alé's apartment look like?

8. Who wrote Kiara's name in his suicide note?

9. How does Marcus feel about Kiara prostituting herself?

10. Who comes looking for Kiara after she finds Camila again at Demond's party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kiara visits her mother when her mother is at a halfway house. Why is Cheyenne at a halfway house? Why does Kiara visit her mother? Why is Kiara frustrated by the visit?

Essay Topic 2

Kiara lives in a poverty-stricken area of Oakland. How would you describe Kiara’s socioeconomic status? How does poverty affect her life and the decisions that she makes?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in Nightcrawling? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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