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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 is Maverick doing when the vehicle moves down the street, announcing the terms of the curfew?
(a) Teaching Sekani how to ride a bike.
(b) Pulling weeds.
(c) Washing his car.
(d) Reading a book.

2. What kind of people does Starr tell the television interviewer that she wishes the cops would stop making assumptions about?
(a) Civilians.
(b) Black people.
(c) Young people.
(d) Poor people.

3. Where do Starr and Chris and their friends go after prom?
(a) Starr's house.
(b) IHOP.
(c) Denny's.
(d) Uncle Carlos's house.

4. In what kind of car do Chris and Starr arrive to prom?
(a) A Mazda Miata.
(b) A Hummer limousine.
(c) A Rolls Royce.
(d) An Escalade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is DeVante wearing that gives Starr a pang in her chest because Khalil had worn one just like it?

2. What is the theme of Chris and Starr's prom?

3. Where is Starr's first television interview held?

4. What is Avril Ofrah's work position?

5. For what quality does Starr say she has been misdiagnosed if it is a medical condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Uncle Carlos home in the middle of a work day when Maverick brings DeVante to hide out at Uncle Carlos's house in Riverton Hills?

2. Who tells a news reporter about King's drug dealing and how does he defend his choice to do so?

3. What does Starr say is the best part of her neighbors letting her know that they support her in testifying before the grand jury?

4. Why does King want to kill DeVante?

5. 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?

6. What are Starr's feelings when people tell her that she is brave in the wake of Khalil's murder?

7. How is the viewing of basketball shown to be an activity that bonds Starr's family together?

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

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

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

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