True or False
1. Novisha is Troy girlfriend?
2. Novisha parents are married?
3. Tyrell father lives in New Jersey working as a construction worker?
4. Tyrell is 18 years old?
5. Tyrell lives down the street from Novisha?
Multiple Choice
1. What’s the girl name Tyrell meets at the shelter?
a. Novisha
b. Jasmine
c. Keisha
2. What’s the author’s name of the book?
a. Steven Hill
b. Sista Soulja
c. COE Booth
3. What’s the name of the novel?
a. The World’s stress for a Black Man
b. Tyrell
c. A young man’s pain
4. What is Tyrell’s brother name?
a. Chris
b. Teven
c. Troy
5. Who is Jasmine’s parent or guardian?
a. her mom and dad
b. her auntie and uncle
c. her sister
Matching
1. ___Novisha mother
2. ___Tyrell age
3. ___Hotel the shelter sent him to
4. ___Where they had dinner at
5. ___Tyrell mom’s friends
Short Answer
1. What are Tyrell’s struggles?
2. What does Novisha think about sex with Tyrell?
3. What does Tyrell think about Jasmine?
4. Why doesn’t Tyrell go to school?
5. What does Tyrell’s mother say to him in an argument of theirs?
Answer Key
(T/F) 1. False (Multiple Choice) 1. B (Matching) 1. C
2. False 2. C 2. A
3. False 3. B 3. B
4. False 4. C 4. E
5. False 5. C 5. D
Short Answer
1. His father is in prison and left him, his brother, and mother behind. They can’t pay the bills because his mother doesn’t know how to survive with the father out of their lives.
2. She was waiting on having sex until she is married.
3. That she has a cute face, and think she is Puerto Rican with her light skin and long black hair.
4. School is not for him, and all he does is fight and get suspended.
5. She wants him to step up and help the family even if it means selling drugs to get money.
