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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What faction of the King Lords gang does Maverick ask to help guard his home and family after his home is attacked?
(a) Riverton Hills.
(b) Garden Heights.
(c) Grape Street.
(d) Cedar Grove.

2. To whom does Maverick want to give Starr's old laptop?
(a) Seven.
(b) Sekani.
(c) DeVante.
(d) Kenya.

3. Whom does Maverick want to be taught how to use the cash register at the store when he wants to have a private talk with Starr?
(a) Tim.
(b) DeVante.
(c) Mr. Lewis.
(d) Sekani.

4. Who does Hailey take to prom?
(a) Seven.
(b) Luke.
(c) Ryan.
(d) DeVante.

5. Who tells the news reporter that the biggest drug dealer in the neighborhood is King?
(a) Nana.
(b) Maverick.
(c) Mr. Lewis.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video game do Chris and DeVante spend all of their time together playing?

2. After the curfew is imposed, by what time in the evening does every business in Garden Heights have to be closed?

3. Which one of Starr's friends at Williamson Prep has a pixie cut and stays in the school during the protest?

4. Point Seven of the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program starts with the words, "We want an end to" (320) what?

5. Starr thinks that what music artist(s) on Maverick's tee shirt makes the police harass Maverick more than Mr. Harris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What qualities of Lisa's parenting style are displayed during her phone call with the District Attorney?

2. How do Starr and her family discover that the whole neighborhood knows she was the one in the car with Khalil when he was shot?

3. What information do Starr, Maverick, and Lisa learn during their first visit to the Just Us for Justice office?

4. What are the differences between Uncle Carlos's neighborhood and Starr's family's new neighborhood?

5. Why does King want to kill DeVante?

6. What accolades does Starr receive as a result of her television interview and what negative consequences does she incur?

7. What conflict erupts between Maverick and Uncle Carlos about Maverick's choice of a protection method after the attack on his family's home?

8. What is ironic about the police officer named Larry's words to Maverick before he drives away from Maverick's store?

9. What is the most shocking detail of Starr's interview with the television reporter, due to the fact that no one but Uncle Carlos had previously been privy to it?

10. How is Dr. Davis's response to Starr's request to have a round table discussion at Williamson Prep indicative of a larger societal problem?

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