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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. On page 159, how much money does Dee leave on the counter every week or so?

2. On page 218, how many reporters are at the Regal-Hi when Marsha drops Kiara off?

3. How old was Kiara since she started tagging?

4. When was Kiara's uncle Ty born?

5. What floor is Sherry Talbot's office on at police headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do officers Jones and Harrison take Kiara to the Oakland Police Department Headquarters?

2. How does Kiara get to the party at Demond's place?

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

4. What does Marcus say when Uncle Ty offers to pay his bail?

5. How and why does Marcus take Kiara to an overpass on page 111?

6. Why does 190 call Kiara on page 149?

7. How does Kiara get her uncle Ty's phone number?

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

9. What is Marsha FIelds' office like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Nightcrawling, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

An inciting incident is an event in literature that causes and presents a problem that characters need to solve. What is the inciting incident in Nightcrawling? Why is that the inciting incident?

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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