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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bri think is hypocritical about the person who started the petition to get her song taken down from Dat Cloud?
(a) That the person who circulated the petition is a paid lobbyist.
(b) That the person who circulated the petition does not have any stake in the matter at all.
(c) That the person who circulated the petition raps about violence herself.
(d) That the person who circulated the petition is a gun-rights advocate herself.

2. In Chapter Twenty-Three, who gives Jay some cash to pay the electric bill?
(a) Curtis.
(b) Bri's grandfather Jackson.
(c) Sonny.
(d) Malik.

3. What does Trey say about the valuable item Jay gives to Bri on Christmas Day?
(a) He wants to give it to Aunt Pooh.
(b) He wants to wear it.
(c) They should put it behind glass.
(d) They should sell it.

4. What sacrifice does Jay have to make in Chapter Nineteen in order to get food for the family?
(a) She needs to swallow her pride and borrow money from a relative she really dislikes.
(b) She needs to drop out of school to qualify for EBT benefits.
(c) She needs to take a new job she hates.
(d) She needs to take out a payday loan.

5. In Chapter Fourteen, who offers Bri a ride home?
(a) Supreme.
(b) Trey.
(c) Scrap.
(d) Malik.

6. In Chapter Eighteen, why does Jay tell Bri she does not want her rapping any longer?
(a) She does not want Bri to end up poor.
(b) She does not want Bri to focus only on money.
(c) She does not want Bri to end up dead like her father.
(d) She does not want Bri to drop out of school.

7. What gift does Supreme give Bri that he knows she desperately needs and wants?
(a) A food voucher.
(b) A diamond bracelet.
(c) Timberland shoes.
(d) A book about women in hip-hop.

8. In Chapter Fourteen, why is Bri upset about Sonny and Malik?
(a) She finds out they have been hanging out together without her and she feels excluded.
(b) She thinks they like Shana better than they like her.
(c) She thinks they like each other more than they like her.
(d) They made plans to go somewhere for spring break without her.

9. In Chapter Sixteen, what musician is Bri shocked that Curtis has never heard of?
(a) Kendrick Lamar.
(b) Jean Grae.
(c) Lauryn Hill.
(d) Rakim.

10. In Chapter Thirteen, why does Jay say she hid some of Bri's father's things even from herself for a time?
(a) So she would not get too sad looking at them.
(b) So she would not sell them when she was addicted to drugs.
(c) So Aunt Pooh would not know she had them.
(d) So she would not feel too guilty about Bri's father's death.

11. In Chapter Twenty-Three, what game do Jay, Trey, and Bri play together?
(a) Charades.
(b) Uno.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Pictionary.

12. How does Bri's mother find out about her lyrics in the song On the Come Up?
(a) Trey plays them for her.
(b) Malik plays them for her.
(c) Aunt Pooh plays them for her.
(d) She hears it on the news after the riot at Bri's school.

13. What does Curtis shout in Chapter Seventeen as tensions at Bri's school rise?
(a) A line from Bri's song On the Come Up that contains a profanity.
(b) A line from one of Tupac's songs.
(c) A line from one of Dee-Nice's songs.
(d) An activist chant from the civil rights era.

14. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what happens in Bri's house that is another major blow to the family?
(a) Jay loses her EBT benefits.
(b) The electricity is cut off.
(c) They are evicted.
(d) Trey loses his job.

15. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Bri ask of Malik concerning the robbery?
(a) She asks him not to tell his mother what happened.
(b) She asks him not to tell Sonny what happened.
(c) She asks him to go to the police for her.
(d) She asks him not to tell Shana what happened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sonny tell Bri he ghosted Rapid in Chapter Sixteen?

2. In Chapter Twenty, what is Bri really worried about to do with how Sonny and Malik and she have been drifting apart lately?

3. In Chapter Twenty, who comes to Bri's house to see her and make amends?

4. What does Jay tell Bri about the potential fallout from her song On the Come Up?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, what kind of car passes Bri and Malik multiple times?

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