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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. Why does Jerome keep his eyes forward when he passes Green Acres?

2. What does the judge say about a policeman's job?

3. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he told Jerome to put down the gun?

4. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

5. What picture does Carlos draw for Grandma?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sarah build a website?

3. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

4. Where is Carlos from?

5. Why does Carlos go to Jerome's house after Jerome dies?

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

7. Why did two white men come to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night in 1955?

8. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

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

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

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 theme of grief. Who feels grief, and why? How do they cope with it?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore Sarah's relationship with her father. How does this relationship change and evolve throughout the novel? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Sarah's ability to see Jerome and Emmett. Throughout the novel, Emmett tells Jerome it matters that she can see them. Why does it matter? What does her ability to see them do for them, and for Sarah herself? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

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