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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 is Sarah lonely?
(a) She is an only child.
(b) She misses Jerome.
(c) She misses her old friends.
(d) No one at school likes her.

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

3. How does Carlos scare the bullies away?
(a) With a knife.
(b) With his karate.
(c) With his boxing.
(d) With a gun.

4. Whose school is mainly white?
(a) Kim's.
(b) Carlos's.
(c) Jerome's.
(d) Sarah's.

5. Who is wailing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Ma.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Ms. Penny.
(d) Pop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlos give to Jerome?

2. Why does Ma want the funeral to be open casket?

3. What does Grandma do?

4. What is Pop's job?

5. What does Jerome tell Sarah about her dad?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Tamir Rice?

2. Who is Ms. Penny?

3. Who has been having bad dreams?

4. Who does Sarah want to help?

5. Why are there protesters at the hearing?

6. Who is Sarah?

7. Who is Jerome?

8. Why do Carlos and Jerome eat in bathroom stalls?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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