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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 does Emmett not take seriously?

2. How does the judge look when she enters on the last day of the hearing?

3. What does Grandma say Jerome should have done the day he died?

4. What does Sarah ask her dad to do?

5. Why does Carlos cry at Jerome's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

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

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

5. Where is Carlos from?

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

7. Who helps Grandma walk Kim to school?

8. Who celebrates a Mexican holiday towards the end of the book?

9. What does Carlos confess to Grandma?

10. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 understanding and perspective of his family. How does this perspective change or evolve over the course of the novel?

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