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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 question does Jerome ask Emmett at the end of the book?
(a) If the murders will end.
(b) If their work is done.
(c) If he will go to Heaven.
(d) If they will see each other again.

2. Why does Jerome cry with the ghost boys?
(a) He misses his life.
(b) He misses his family.
(c) He is grieving the loss of all their lives.
(d) He does not cry.

3. What do Emmett's cousins warn him about?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

4. What does Carlos lay on Jerome's tombstone?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A softball.
(c) A soccer ball.
(d) A baseball.

5. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him why he shot Jerome in the back?
(a) That he was not thinking.
(b) That he feared for his life.
(c) That he is sorry.
(d) That he should not have done that.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

2. Where do two white men take Emmett?

3. What does Emmett mean by "bear witness"?

4. What does the judge say about a policeman's job?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sarah build a website?

3. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

4. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

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

6. What is the result of the hearing?

7. What toy is Jerome playing with at the end of the novel?

8. Why does Carlos go to Jerome's house after Jerome dies?

9. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

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

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