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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one of Jeremiah's white teammates starts annoying him, what does he wonder?
(a) What he is doing at Percy.
(b) If he should tell him to stop.
(c) If he can be transferred to another private school.
(d) If the boy can be expelled for what he has said.

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

3. What do the black boys on Percy's basketball team call themselves?
(a) The Three Black Bears.
(b) The Three Black Stooges.
(c) The Three Black Warriors.
(d) The Three Black Musketeers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jeremiah remembers flying on an airplane as a small child to visit his grandmother where?

2. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?

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

4. What is the weather the day Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

5. How serious are the jabs between Jeremiah and his friends?

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