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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jeremiah remembers flying on an airplane as a small child to visit his grandmother where?
(a) In the Northwest.
(b) In the West.
(c) In the South.
(d) In the Midwest.

2. What does Ellie call Anne before hanging up on her?
(a) Her favorite sister.
(b) A lesbian.
(c) Cruel.
(d) A jerk.

3. How long ago had Jeremiah's grandmother died?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne respond when Ellie mentions that Jeremiah is Black?

2. What about Jeremiah catches Ellie's eye?

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

4. Who greets Ellie as she enters her Upper West Side building?

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

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