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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. What does Emmett mean by "bear witness"?
(a) Look to him for guidance.
(b) Do not listen to people's stories.
(c) Watch and observe.
(d) LIsten to people's stories.

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

3. What does Sarah want to do for Jerome?
(a) Give him faith.
(b) Help his family.
(c) Tell his story.
(d) Be his friend.

4. Why are Emmett's cousins scared after he comes out of Bryant's Grocery?
(a) Because he broke something.
(b) Because he stole.
(c) Because he forgot to tip.
(d) Because he talked to a white woman.

5. Who talks about Jerome most days after dinner?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Ma.
(c) Kim and Grandma.
(d) Pop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which friend does Jerome visit?

2. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he rendered aid when Jerome lay wounded?

3. What does Emmett do in Bryant's Grocery?

4. Why does Jerome cry with the ghost boys?

5. Why does Jerome keep his eyes forward when he passes Green Acres?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

4. Who was the living person who could see Emmett Till after he died?

5. What does Kim say she will give to Carlos?

6. What is the result of the hearing?

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

8. Who does Jerome tell Sarah she needs to talk to?

9. What did Emmett's cousins warn him about when they took him to town?

10. How does Jerome's perspective of Chicago change after death?

(see the answer keys)

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