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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 Jerome worry for his parents?
(a) Because they are like robots.
(b) Because they hate each other now.
(c) Because they never eat.
(d) Because they never sleep.

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

3. What does Grandma tell Carlos?
(a) He is smart.
(b) He is a good boy.
(c) He is a bad boy.
(d) He is not smart.

4. How does the prosecutor look on the last day of the hearing?
(a) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Confident.
(d) Not confident.

5. What does Grandma say is too soon for her?
(a) Eating entire meals.
(b) Sleeping alone.
(c) Letting Carlos walk Kim to school.
(d) Leaving Kim on her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emmett share his story with Jerome?

2. Who often walks with Jerome?

3. Who does Emmett say can make change?

4. How does the judge look when she enters on the last day of the hearing?

5. What project has Sarah launched?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah build a website?

2. Where is Carlos from?

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

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

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

6. How did Emmett Till die?

7. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

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

9. Who does Sarah tell Jerome she hates?

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

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