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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeremiah hear that makes him feel that the whole world is pointing at him and laughing?
(a) Someone screaming.
(b) Glass breaking.
(c) Someone laughing.
(d) Screeching tires.

2. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?
(a) How she became such a good cook.
(b) How his father could ever choose to leave her for someone else.
(c) If he could ever be as good a cook as her.
(d) If he will ever be able to bring the girl from school home for dinner.

3. At what is Ellie looking when she bumps into Jeremiah?
(a) Herself in a mirror.
(b) Another student.
(c) Her cell phone.
(d) Her class schedule.

4. When had Jeremiah's mother who was a published writer, stop writing?
(a) When she had earned enough to live off of the books she had written.
(b) When she returned to teaching and lecturing full time.
(c) When his father left.
(d) When she was pregnant with Jeremiah.

5. How serious are the jabs between Jeremiah and his friends?
(a) Very serious.
(b) Sometimes serious.
(c) Not serious.
(d) Somewhat serious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ellie's father absent from dinner, as usual?

2. How does the warmth of the sun on Jeremiah's skin make him feel?

3. Why do Jeremiah's parents wait to get married?

4. How does Ellie feel about being a loner?

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

(see the answer key)

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