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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the other two Black players on Percy's basketball team?
(a) Miah and Elisha.
(b) Johnson and Jackson.
(c) Michaels and John.
(d) Rayshon and Kennedy.

2. Why does Anne call Ellie?
(a) To invite her to live with her and attend school in California.
(b) That she wants Ellie to visit her in San Francisco.
(c) To invite her to her commitment ceremony with her girlfriend, Stacey.
(d) To tell her she is coming home for a visit.

3. Who greets Ellie as she enters her Upper West Side building?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) The doorman.
(d) Her father.

4. How does the warmth of the sun on Jeremiah's skin make him feel?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Safe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Ellie affected by Marion’s leaving?

2. What does Jeremiah partially hope the white kids at school will think about him?

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

4. How does Jeremiah feel now that his parents are separated?

5. At what is Ellie looking when she bumps into Jeremiah?

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