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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 often walks with Jerome?

2. What does Grandma ask Carlos to do?

3. What does Grandma say is too soon for her?

4. Why did Carlos give Jerome the gift?

5. What does the judge say about Jerome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he shot Jerome from the police cruiser?

2. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he told Jerome to raise his hands?

3. What does Kim say she will give to Carlos?

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

5. Why does Sarah build a website?

6. What happens when Carlos and Kim face Eddie, Snap, and Mike?

7. How did Emmett Till die?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss racism and racial injustice in the novel. In what ways do racism and racial injustice show up in the novel, and who is affected by these injustices? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay in which you analyze Carlo's confession to Grandma. What does he tell her, and why does he feel the need to confess? Why do you believe this was or was not the right choice? Explain.

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