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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 talks about Jerome most days after dinner?

2. Who walks Kim to school after Jerome dies?

3. What is the point of the preliminary hearings?

4. What does Jerome know when he sees the judge on the last day of the hearing?

5. Who gifts Kim a book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

4. What is the result of the hearing?

5. Where did Emmett Till live when he was a kid?

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

7. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

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

9. Where is Carlos from?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss Jerome's life after death. What is existence like after his life is taken away, and in what ways does it differ from his life before death? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explore the literary techniques the author utilizes in the book. What specific techniques does she use, and in what ways do they impact the story? Use evidence from the text for support.

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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