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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. Which friend does Jerome visit?
(a) Snap.
(b) Mike.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Eddie.

2. Who walks Kim to school after Jerome dies?
(a) Pop.
(b) Emmett.
(c) Ma.
(d) Grandma.

3. When did Emmett visit his cousins?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1857.
(d) 2001.

4. Who gifts Kim a book?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Officer Moore.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Carlos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night?

2. What does Grandma tell Carlos?

3. What does Grandma say Jerome should have done the day he died?

4. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

5. Who does Carlos say helped him be brave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who celebrates a Mexican holiday towards the end of the book?

2. Where did Emmett Till live when he was a kid?

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

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

5. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

6. How did Emmett Till die?

7. Why did Emmett's cousins panic when he came out of the grocery store?

8. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

9. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him why he shot Jerome in the back?

10. What is the result of the hearing?

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