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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 Sarah ask her dad to do?

2. Who celebrates Dia de los Muertos?

3. What does Jerome realize about the ghost boys at the end of the book?

4. When did Emmett visit his cousins?

5. How does Jerome spend his days?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah build a website?

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

3. What toy is Jerome playing with at the end of the novel?

4. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

5. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

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

7. Who does Jerome tell Sarah she needs to talk to?

8. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

9. What does Kim tell Carlos he needs to do?

10. What book does Sarah give Kim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Carlos's blossoming relationship with Kim after Jerome is killed. What is the nature of their relationship, and why is it especially important to Jerome who watches over them?

Essay Topic 3

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

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