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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 is Vega's family from?

2. Where is the Boogie Down?

3. Where does the narrator live?

4. Who does Lolly think about as he is building his Legos?

5. Who is Heike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Lolly?

2. Who is Yvonne?

3. What room does Mr. Ali lock Lolly into?

4. What does Lolly use the storage room at after-school for?

5. Where was Jermaine killed?

6. Where does Lolly spend his afternoons on school days?

7. Who starts a detective agency?

8. What project does Lolly start at home in Chapter 5?

9. What animal does Lolly encounter at the park in Chapter 13?

10. Who gets shot in front of a bodega?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring significance of the storage room. What is the storage room, and why is it so important to Lolly and Rose? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the after-school program that Lolly attends. Why does Lolly attend this program, and how does it affect him? Does it have an overall positive or negative impact on Lolly? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lolly's feelings of anger following the death of his brother. What in particular is making Lolly angry? How does he manage his anger, if at all? Use examples from the text as support.

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