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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 Abuela ask of Jamal?
2. What does the first Scorpion to see Jamal working buy?
3. What is Mr. Gonzalez's occupation?
4. Who does Mama bring to the house to pray for Randy?
5. What does Mama choose to do instead of visiting Randy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jamal see after he hears the three shots of the gun?
2. How does Jamal contact Indian to tell him to be the new leader?
3. Why won't Jamal let Tito come to his house?
4. What does Mama do when she gets home from the hospital?
5. What does Dwayne say when he and his mother are in the principal's office?
6. How does Mack say Angel and Indian were shot?
7. What does Dwayne threaten to do after he loses the fight to Jamal, and how does Jamal respond to this?
8. How does Jamal hear that Randy got hurt?
9. What happens when Blood sees Jamal working at the Bodega?
10. What does Mr. Davidson say when Jamal comes to the school nurse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?
Essay Topic 2
Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Hypocrisy was an attribute that was highlighted in this book. Where did hypocrisy appear, and how did the inclusion of this attribute affect Jamal throughout the book?
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