Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Part 1, Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. Maverick is a member of what gang?

2. What has Maverick been secretly doing with King?

3. Where is Maverick headed after he finishes playing basketball?

4. Why does Maverick cancel his Friday plans with Lisa?

5. Iesha suffers from what?

Multiple Choice

1. Maverick does NOT identify with what name?

A) Mav

B) Li’l Don

C) L’il Zeke

D) Mav Man

2. How does Maverick make money at the beginning of the novel?

A) lawn care and working at a fast-food restaurant

B) selling weed, hard drugs on the side, and lawn care

C) selling hard drugs on the side and selling weed

D) lawn care and working at Walmart

3. Why does Adonis tell Maverick he needs to give King Jr. a new name?

A) He thinks King Jr. sounds silly.

B) He says he hates the name and doesn’t want it in his family.

C) He says he doesn’t want to take someone named King to a basketball game.

D) He says King Jr. needs to have something of his own.

4. Why does King say Maverick is acting like a “li’l punk”?

A) Maverick tells him he can’t sell drugs with him anymore.