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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 long is Marion gone the first time she leaves her family?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 3 years.

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

3. What about Jeremiah catches Ellie's eye?
(a) He height.
(b) His expensive clothes.
(c) His voice and good looks.
(d) His skin color.

4. How is Ellie affected by Marion’s leaving?
(a) She is not longer affected by it, as she now trusts her mother to never leave again.
(b) It makes it difficult for Ellie to love and trust her.
(c) She is not affected by it.
(d) She is occasionally upset about her mother leaving.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?

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

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

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

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

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