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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. Why does Aunt Pooh say Bri needs to record new verses for On the Come Up?
2. In Chapter Twenty-Four, who is the superintendent of Bri's school that shows up at the meeting between parents and administrators?
3. In Chapter Twenty-Four, what does the superintendent of Bri's school say to her that really means something to Bri?
4. How does Bri say she can do Curtis's hair for him?
5. In Chapter Twenty-Three, who gives Jay some cash to pay the electric bill?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Bri ask Malik to do concerning what they have just been through together?
2. Why does Malik confront Bri about her song On the Come Up with negative feelings about it?
3. In Chapter Twenty, what does Malik propose about releasing the video of Bri and Long and Tate that Bri actually considers might work for her?
4. In Chapter Nineteen, what is one thing that bothers Bri about the woman, Emily Taylor, who circulates the petition to censor her song?
5. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Jay say when Bri suggests pawning her father's chain to help cover rent and bills?
6. In Chapter Twenty, what do Sonny and Malik say when Bri goes to hang out with them at Malik's house?
7. In Chapter 13, what makes Bri want to upload her song to Dat Cloud and send it to Supreme?
8. In Chapter Seventeen, what are Shana, Malik, and others trying to convince Bri to agree to that they believe will help their activist aims?
9. Why does Bri refuse to consider letting Malik release the full video of what Long and Tate did to her?
10. In Chapter Seventeen, how does Jay find out about Bri's song On the Come Up and what the song is about?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how Miles's decision to embrace who he is, against his father Supreme's wishes, affects Bri's own choices about her ownership of her artistic path and career.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Bri's range of reactions to the controversies "On the Come Up" gives rise to, including the petition a white mother of a student at her school begins circulating to have the song taken down from its hosting platform.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Bri's mother's addiction affected Bri's childhood, and explain its lingering effects on her as a teenager.
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