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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 do Jerome and Carlos eat lunch?

2. Why does Pop talk to lawyers?

3. Why does Sarah cry in front of Jerome?

4. Who finds Jerome and Carlos eating their lunch?

5. Who is narrating the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah hate school?

2. Why is Jerome's dad always on the phone with lawyers following the death of his son?

3. Who is Sarah?

4. What is Jerome's family like after he dies?

5. What happens to the narrator at the beginning of the book?

6. Who appears in Sarah's room when Jerome is visiting her once?

7. What do all the ghost boys have in common?

8. What does Carlos gift to Jerome?

9. Who has been having bad dreams?

10. Why are people picketing outside Sarah's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Jerome's life after death. What is existence like after his life is taken away, and in what ways does it differ from his life before death? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss the character of Emmett Till. Who is Emmett Till in real life, and who is he in the book? Why is this character essential to the plot? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of loneliness. Who feels lonely, and why? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

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