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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are both Jeremiah and Ellie doing when Ellie sees him in the hallway in Chapter 11?
(a) Getting assignments out of their lockers.
(b) Heading to the restroom.
(c) Getting a drink from the drinking fountain.
(d) Skipping class.

2. Who does Miah help with his basketball skills?
(a) Carlton.
(b) Little Ray.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Ellie.

3. Whose opinion of his dating a white girl is Miah curious?
(a) His father.
(b) His friends from the neighborhood.
(c) His teammates.
(d) Strangers.

4. How does Ellie respond when her father asks about the boy from school?
(a) She is relieved to hear he already knows.
(b) She is annoyed her mother mentioned it.
(c) She is very upset with him for bringing it up.
(d) She is shy and embarrassed.

5. Why do Jeremiah's parents wait to get married?
(a) Their parents do not approve of the marriage.
(b) They want to make sure they have chosen the right person.
(c) They are too young to marry.
(d) They both want to work on their careers first.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ellie when Anne finally calls?

2. Jeremiah describes how he and other boys would give each other a hard time about what, particularly his friend Carlton?

3. Why does Ellie finally call her mother, "Ma"?

4. What does Jeremiah hear that makes him feel that the whole world is pointing at him and laughing?

5. When one of Jeremiah's white teammates starts annoying him, what does he wonder?

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