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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. Who is Tamir Rice?

2. What information did the phone operator not tell the reporting officers the night Jerome died?

3. How does Carlos scare the bullies away?

4. What did Officer Moore do to Jerome?

5. Who in Jerome's life loves reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there protesters at the hearing?

2. Who can see Jerome even after he dies?

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

4. Who has a gun at school?

5. What do all the ghost boys have in common?

6. What happens to the narrator at the beginning of the book?

7. Who has been having bad dreams?

8. What does Ms. Penny show Sarah?

9. What is Jerome's family like after he dies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Jerome's relationship with Sarah. What is the nature of this relationship, and why is it important?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The story is told entirely from Jerome’s perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Jerome's point of view. How does viewing the events from Jerome’s point of view affect the plot?

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