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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 does an officer claim Jerome Rogers had in his possession?

2. Who has bad dreams?

3. Whose parents fight?

4. Whose school is mainly white?

5. What toy does Carlos have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carlos gift to Jerome?

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

3. Why are there protesters at the hearing?

4. What does Ms. Penny show Sarah?

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

6. Why are people picketing outside Sarah's house?

7. Who is Emmett Till?

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

9. Why does Sarah hate school?

10. Who is Sarah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the character of Emmett Till. Who is Emmett Till in real life, and who is he in the book? Why is this character essential to the plot? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss how Jerome's understanding of the world as a whole changes after his death. What kinds of things does Jerome realize after his life is taken, and what observations bring him to these realizations? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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