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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 is Richard's cousin that he is with on the day of the attack on Sasha?

2. What does Kaprice tell Richard he can call her?

3. Which friend is Richard with on the 57 bus the day of Sasha's attack?

4. Which of Richard's aunts was killed in 2006?

5. What does Kaprice want to do with Lil' Jerry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Richard in Part II after he leaves juvenile detention that shakes him up and scares him?

2. How does Sasha deal with their bathroom problem at school?

3. Why does Richard decide to take a lighter to Sasha's skirt?

4. What surprises Kaprice about Richard's request to join her program?

5. What does the term genderqueer mean to Sasha?

6. Why does Richard spend a year in a juvenile detention center in Part II?

7. What does Kaprice mean to the students she helps?

8. What experiences did Debbie have with her clothing being policed in the late 1960s as a student?

9. What does Sasha convince Karl to change about his kindergarten classroom?

10. What do multiple people say Richard is really good at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Sasha prefers for people to refer to them using the pronoun "they?" Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Slater refer to Oakland as a "city of stark contrasts?" (7). Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the "super-predator" theory, and how did this theory change state policy across America during the 1990s, according to Slater? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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