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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kim tell Carlos she will give him?
(a) Jerome's clothes.
(b) Jerome's music.
(c) Jerome's video games.
(d) Jerome's books.

2. Why does Jerome worry for his parents?
(a) Because they are like robots.
(b) Because they hate each other now.
(c) Because they never eat.
(d) Because they never sleep.

3. What does Carlos lay on Jerome's tombstone?
(a) A softball.
(b) A baseball.
(c) A soccer ball.
(d) A basketball.

4. How does the judge look when she enters on the last day of the hearing?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Angry.

5. Where does Carlos say is his home now?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philidelphia.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

6. What does Grandma say Jerome should have done the day he died?
(a) Stayed at school.
(b) Brought Carlos home.
(c) Gone to Carlos's house.
(d) Stayed at home.

7. What does Grandma ask Carlos to do?
(a) Eat lunch with Kim.
(b) Walk Kim home on his own.
(c) Do Kim's homework.
(d) Watch Kim at school.

8. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him why he shot Jerome in the back?
(a) That he feared for his life.
(b) That he is sorry.
(c) That he was not thinking.
(d) That he should not have done that.

9. Why does Carlos smile at Grandma's altar?
(a) He likes her set-up.
(b) He likes her photos.
(c) It reminds him of his own.
(d) She kept his drawing.

10. Who often walks with Jerome?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Tamir.
(d) Kim.

11. When did Emmett die?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1955.

12. What does Carlos confess to his dad?
(a) He killed Jerome.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is angry.
(d) The gun was his.

13. What project has Sarah launched?
(a) A web series.
(b) A fundraiser.
(c) A Youtube channel.
(d) A website.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlos tell Kim about?

2. What does Jerome know when he sees the judge on the last day of the hearing?

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

4. How does Emmett share his story with Jerome?

5. What do Emmett's cousins warn him about?

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