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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pop talk to lawyers?
(a) To take legal action against Officer Moore.
(b) He does not talk to lawyers.
(c) He is a lawyer himself.
(d) For fun.

2. What does Sarah ask Ms. Penny?
(a) Not to call her parents.
(b) To call her parents.
(c) To give her a hall pass.
(d) To educate her about Emmett Till.

3. Where does Kim sleep?
(a) With Grandma.
(b) With her parents.
(c) In Jerome's room.
(d) On the couch.

4. Which of Jerome's classmates goes to his funeral?
(a) Snap.
(b) Mike.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Carlos.

5. Who tells Jerome not to go inside his funeral?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Sarah.
(c) A ghost boy.
(d) Carlos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose parents fight?

2. What did Officer Moore do to Jerome?

3. Who dies at the beginning of the book?

4. Why is Sarah lonely?

5. Who is Kim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah hate school?

2. Which of Jerome's classmates shows up at his funeral?

3. Who is Carlos?

4. Who else besides Jerome can Sarah see?

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

6. Why does Ma want Jerome's funeral service to be open casket?

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

8. Who is Emmett Till?

9. What is Jerome's walk to school every day like?

10. Who is Ms. Penny?

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