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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. Who identifies Tracy for the reporters when she goes to school in "Ruby Bridges Brave"?

2. What color is John Brighton's hair?

3. How far will Jamal be from home when he goes to college?

4. Where does Tracy hope that Jamal runs in "The Fast and the Furious"?

5. In "Each One Teach One," how long did Calvin Pascal wait in Rikers for a trial for a $20 robbery charge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Tracy and her family live, and what is it like?

2. Why do Tracy and her family have to wait to see James in "Like Father, Like Son"?

3. How does Tasha feel about her dad and why?

4. What evidence does the sheriff have that seems to indicate that Jamal killed Angela?

5. What is the only thing that Tracy can do in "The Apple of Our Eye" for her dad?

6. How does Beverly say that Angela died and where she was found?

7. What does Tracy remember doing with her father when she was Corinne's age?

8. What does Tracy see at the Pike that she thinks the police might have missed in "Vigilantes Get Ish Done"?

9. Who is Beverly Ridges?

10. How were kids cruel after Tracy's father was arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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