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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night?
(a) A white man.
(b) Two white men.
(c) Two white women.
(d) A white woman.

2. 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 do this.
(d) He does not like how Green Acres looks.

3. Who meets Kim on the school steps?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Pop.

4. Who does Emmett not take seriously?
(a) His cousins.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

5. Who does Jerome's family have a picnic with?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Sarah's family.
(c) Ms. Penny.
(d) Carlos's family.

6. Where did Emmett's cousins live?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Maine.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Rhode Island.

7. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he shot Jerome from the police cruiser?
(a) He says he had no gun.
(b) He says he thought about it.
(c) He says yes.
(d) He says no.

8. Where is Bryant's Grocery?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Maine.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Mississippi.

9. Who does Emmett say can make change?
(a) Anyone.
(b) The dead.
(c) No one.
(d) The living.

10. When did Emmett visit his cousins?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1857.
(d) 2001.

11. What does Kim offer to do for Carlos?
(a) Do his homework.
(b) Be his friend.
(c) Make him food.
(d) Help him.

12. How does the prosecutor look on the last day of the hearing?
(a) Not confident.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confident.
(d) Sad.

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

14. Who does not mind showing their grief?
(a) Pop.
(b) Kim and Grandma.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Ma.

15. Who does Carlos say helped him be brave?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Ma.
(d) Kim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jerome continue to shadow?

2. What is the final verdict of the hearing?

3. What does Carlos confess to his dad?

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

5. What is the point of the preliminary hearings?

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