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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. What does Starr say Chris's lips taste like when she kisses him after they make up at prom?

2. Who tells Iesha to kick Seven out of the house and causes him to have to move in with Maverick?

3. During what class period do the protests start at Williamson Prep?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does King want to kill DeVante?

2. What are the main points made by Starr and Kenya in their argument about whether Starr should speak out about Khalil's death or not?

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

4. 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?

5. What emotions within the reader is the author trying to magnify by interrupting Starr's family's viewing of the playoff basketball game with an attack on the family's home?

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

7. What conflict concerning college is discussed during the dinner Starr's family has together on the floor of their new home?

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the novel's motif of rap and R and B music and its connection to the novel's themes.

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

For what purpose does the author break the novel into five titled parts but to leave all 26 chapters untitled?

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