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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jerome keep his eyes forward when he passes Green Acres?
(a) He does not want to see where he died.
(b) He does not want to see Emmett.
(c) He does not like how Green Acres looks.
(d) He does not do this.

2. Which friend does Jerome visit?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Snap.
(c) Mike.
(d) Carlos.

3. What does Grandma offer to Carlos?
(a) Some pasta.
(b) A cookie.
(c) A salad.
(d) A pizza.

4. What does Kim get for Carlos?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Soda.
(c) Tea.
(d) Milk.

5. What picture does Carlos draw for Grandma?
(a) A picture of Jerome.
(b) A picture of himself.
(c) A picture of herself.
(d) A picture of Kim.

6. What does Jerome realize about the ghost boys at the end of the book?
(a) They are all young.
(b) They are all the same height.
(c) They are all cool.
(d) They all have a living person who sees them.

7. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?
(a) It makes him happy.
(b) He does not stop shadowing them.
(c) He does not want to bother them.
(d) It makes him sad.

8. Who gets to walk away from the hearings free?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Bill.
(c) Officer Moore.
(d) 911 operator.

9. Why does Carlos go to Jerome's house after Jerome dies?
(a) To talk to Pop.
(b) To talk to Grandma.
(c) To talk to Kim.
(d) To talk to Ma.

10. How does Emmett Till die?
(a) He is stabbed by white men.
(b) He dies of illness.
(c) He is shot and lynched by white men.
(d) He is drowned by white men.

11. When does Kim smile?
(a) With Carlos.
(b) With Ma.
(c) With Grandma.
(d) With Pop.

12. What does Jerome think of Carlos?
(a) He likes him sometimes.
(b) He is indifferent about him.
(c) He likes him.
(d) He does not like him.

13. What does Jerome know when he sees the judge on the last day of the hearing?
(a) That something is wrong.
(b) That everything is all right.
(c) That he needs to leave.
(d) That someone else has died.

14. What event happens on April 19?
(a) Kim's birthday.
(b) Pop's retirement party.
(c) The last day of the preliminary hearing.
(d) Jerome's birthday.

15. What do Emmett's cousins warn him about?
(a) Men.
(b) White people.
(c) Women.
(d) Black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he announced himself to Jerome?

2. What does Carlos lay on Jerome's tombstone?

3. Where does Carlos say is his home now?

4. What game does Kim say Jerome can sometimes watch Carlos play?

5. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

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