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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. For how long has Starr been romantically involved with Chris before Maverick finds out about their relationship?
2. What does Khalil say just before the policeman shoots him three times?
3. What object does King place on Khalil's chest that causes Rosalie to shout and to snatch the object away?
4. Other than their one shared parent, what family member do Starr and Kenya have in common?
5. Who stops the teens from robbing Seven and Starr on the basketball court?
Short Essay Questions
1. Though Starr's family is used to hearing gunshots in their neighborhood, what causes them to turn the lights off and to eat dinner on the floor the night after Khalil's funeral?
2. What dichotomy does Starr describe between her Garden Heights persona and her Williamson Prep persona?
3. What is going on outside of Khalil's funeral when it is over, who decides to participate, and why?
4. What is revealed about Starr's dad Maverick's criminal past in the opening three chapters?
5. Whom does Starr call when she feels she can no longer handle being at school the day of the basketball game altercation and why?
6. What does Starr say she has always said she would do if she ever saw a black person killed just for being black and how does it contrast with her feelings now that she is actually in that position?
7. What does Starr reveal about the makeup of her family's religious beliefs in the opening chapters?
8. What does Starr cite as the reason for her parents enrolling her in a private school in a rich neighborhood six years prior to the start of the novel's events?
9. At what moments does Starr feel she has overstepped her bounds or has made mistakes within her interview with the detectives who question her about the night of Khalil's death?
10. What is the origin story of Seven's conception and how does it affect the family dynamic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss April Ofrah's function within the novel and how her character is used by the author in order to send specific messages regarding organized and purposeful quests for societal change.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the two characters of Maverick and Uncle Carlos. What qualities and viewpoints of society does each character represent?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the author's comparison among Riverton Hills, Garden Heights, and Brook Falls. What is her purpose in presenting these three neighborhood archetypes?
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