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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jeremiah feel now that his parents are separated?
(a) He feels nothing.
(b) Relief.
(c) Pressure to pick between them.
(d) Deep sadness for the loss of his family.

2. When does Jeremiah feel uncomfortable about his skin color?
(a) When he is with his white friends.
(b) When he steps out of his own community.
(c) All the time.
(d) When he sees commercials on television.

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

4. What does Jeremiah partially hope the white kids at school will think about him?
(a) That he is the writer Nelia Roselind's son.
(b) That he got accepted into the school because of his intelligence.
(c) That he is on scholarship.
(d) That is is the famous Norman Roselind's son.

5. What is the weather the day Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Snowy.
(d) Windy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Lois Ann been Jeremiah's neighbor across the street?

2. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?

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

4. How long is Marion gone the first time she leaves her family?

5. When had Jeremiah's mother who was a published writer, stop writing?

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