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

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

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

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

5. How does Emmett share his story with Jerome?
(a) By writing a poem.
(b) By telling him.
(c) By painting it on paper.
(d) By showing him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book is Kim gifted?

3. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

4. What does Sarah ask her dad to do?

5. Why are Emmett's cousins scared after he comes out of Bryant's Grocery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Emmett Till die?

2. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

3. What does Sarah ask her dad to help her with?

4. What does Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he rendered aid at the site of Jerome's death?

5. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

6. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he told Jerome to raise his hands?

7. What is the result of the hearing?

8. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

9. What place in the south did Emmett visit in 1955?

10. Why did two white men come to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night in 1955?

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