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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

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 South.
(c) In the Midwest.
(d) In the West.

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

3. For what does Jeremiah cry at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Himself.
(b) For his mother.
(c) Ellie.
(d) What is lost.

4. 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.

5. Jeremiah describes how he and other boys would give each other a hard time about what, particularly his friend Carlton?
(a) Their skills on the basketball court.
(b) Their intelligence.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their skin color.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Marion gone the first time she leaves her family?

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

3. What is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?

4. What about Jeremiah catches Ellie's eye?

5. How does Ellie feels when Anne asks about the boy she met?

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