This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What does Carlos believe Starr should do? 

A) raise awareness among community leaders

B) provide a witness statement to police

C) give the eulogy at Khalil’s funeral

D) refuse to cooperate with the police

2. Why does Starr become upset when she sees Chris again? 

A) She can’t forgive him for pressuring her to have sex.

B) She knows that Maya and Hailey don’t want her to talk to him.

C) He reminds her of the police officer who shot Khalil.

D) He doesn’t apologize for his actions before Spring Break.

3. Why does Starr deny to Hailey and Maya that she knew Khalil? 

A) She is worried about how her friends who are not Black will perceive her.

B) The police told her not to speak about the incident.