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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. Where does Darris Young work?

2. Why does Richard's lawyer delay in sending his letters to Sasha?

3. Who is one of the men who saved Sasha on the bus?

4. Who treated Sasha at the hospital?

5. How long after his arrest did the D.A.'s office release Richard's name to the media?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sasha feel after they first arrive in the emergency room in Part III?

2. What profile do most people who commit hate-crimes fit?

3. Why is there such a delay in Richard's writing a letter to Sasha and Sasha receiving the letter?

4. What distinction does Richard's lawyer draw between other hate crimes and the crime Richard committed?

5. What is some of the worst pain Sasha experiences as a result of the attack?

6. How do many of the people who know Richard best react to the news of his crime?

7. Why does Andrew avoid visiting Sasha in the hospital?

8. How did the super-predator theory devised by John J. Dilulio Jr. pave the way for some states to start charging juveniles as adults?

9. Why is Slater's explanation for the fact that police put suspects in a video room for the first 24 hours of incarceration after being booked for a serious crime?

10. How does saving Sasha change Dan Gale's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the challenges and setbacks in Richard's early life that he struggled with that led up to his actions on the 57 Bus? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Skeet's death affect Richard? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What does Kaprice Wilson's own experiences growing up in Oakland, and beinn romantically involved with Lil' Jerry, tell the reader about the atmosphere in Oakland for young black people coming of age there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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