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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. How does the prosecutor look on the last day of the hearing?

2. What does Kim get for Carlos?

3. Why does Carlos cry at Jerome's house?

4. When does Kim smile?

5. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he told Jerome to put down the gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carlos go to Jerome's house after Jerome dies?

2. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he told Jerome to raise his hands?

3. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

4. Where is Carlos from?

5. Who celebrates a Mexican holiday towards the end of the book?

6. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he shot Jerome from the police cruiser?

7. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

8. What happens when Carlos and Kim face Eddie, Snap, and Mike?

9. Why did two white men come to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night in 1955?

10. Who helps Grandma walk Kim to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay in which you discuss racism and racial injustice in the novel. In what ways do racism and racial injustice show up in the novel, and who is affected by these injustices? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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