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

2. Who spends hours on her computer?

3. Who talks about Jerome most days after dinner?

4. How does the prosecutor look on the last day of the hearing?

5. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he rendered aid when Jerome lay wounded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

2. What place in the south did Emmett visit in 1955?

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

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

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

6. What did Emmett's cousins warn him about when they took him to town?

7. How did Emmett Till die?

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

9. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

10. What does Sarah ask her dad to help her with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Jerome's life before his death. What kind of life does he live, and what does he think about it? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

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

Write an essay in which you discuss the various settings of Chicago in the novel. What is it like to live there, based on the lives of the characters who live there, and particularly Jerome as he roams the city after death? Use evidence from the text for support.

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