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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What video does Sarah find online?

2. Who is on administrative leave?

3. Who tells Jerome not to go inside his funeral?

4. Where is Carlos from?

5. What did Officer Moore do to Jerome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What video does Sarah find on the internet?

2. Why do Carlos and Jerome eat in bathroom stalls?

3. Why are there protesters at the hearing?

4. What does Carlos gift to Jerome?

5. Who appears in Sarah's room when Jerome is visiting her once?

6. Who is Sarah?

7. Who has a gun at school?

8. What does Jerome's dad do for work?

9. Who does Sarah want to help?

10. Why does Ma want Jerome's funeral service to be open casket?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the themes of race and identity. Use examples from the text to explain your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of loneliness. Who feels lonely, and why? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Jerome's understanding and perspective of his family. How does this perspective change or evolve over the course of the novel?

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