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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ellie when Anne finally calls?
(a) With Jeremiah.
(b) At school.
(c) Asleep.
(d) In the shower.

2. As Jeremiah and his mother reminisce about his father’s mother, to what do Jeremiah’s thoughts wander?
(a) The girl from school.
(b) His old school.
(c) His homework.
(d) His father.

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

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

5. How do Jeremiah and Ellie end up in Central Park after they run into each other in the hallway?
(a) They go to the park after school.
(b) They decide to skip school.
(c) They go on a field trip.
(d) They go to the park during their lunch period.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?

2. Why does Ellie finally call her mother, "Ma"?

3. Ellie remembers that Marion often said that all people are equal, as they all do what?

4. What excuse does Miah give when his father asks him to join them in the living room in Chapter 12?

5. How can Jeremiah tell he is Black?

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