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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two, Chapter 9, what is Ellie doing as she watches the sunlight stream in the windows of her empty apartment?
(a) Going through her to-do list for the weekend.
(b) Wondering what her parents are up to.
(c) Thinking about her life.
(d) Listening to the answering machine.

2. What happens when Jeremiah and Ellie's shoulders touch in history class?
(a) They begin to laugh.
(b) They stay that way the rest of class.
(c) They move away from each other quickly.
(d) They apologize.

3. On what does Marion blame Ellie's desire to be on her own?
(a) Ellie's father is a bit of a recluse.
(b) Marion blames herself.
(c) Ellie's shyness.
(d) The fact she had been born much later after her siblings and got used to being on her own.

4. What is the weather the day Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Windy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Sunny.

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

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

7. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?
(a) She tells him Jeremiah's IQ score.
(b) She tells him that Jeremiah has memorized the 27 amendments in order.
(c) She tells him that Jeremiah will most likely graduate early.
(d) She tells him that Jeremiah is in all honors classes.

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

9. How does Jeremiah remember reacting to seeing his father with Lois Ann, prior to knowing about their affair?
(a) He laughed at them.
(b) He smiled at them.
(c) He was curious about them.
(d) He frowned at them.

10. 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.

11. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?
(a) In the shade.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the aircondioning.
(d) In the sun.

12. What does Ellie miss about her relationship with her father?
(a) How easy and honest is used to be.
(b) Their Sunday tradition of playing chess.
(c) Their morning walks together.
(d) Their Sunday tradition of reading the New York Times.

13. In what group of people does Carlton feel he does not belong?
(a) His school.
(b) His church.
(c) His community.
(d) His mother's relatives out west.

14. When Ellie's father comes home, what does she tell him?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She wishes he and her mother were happier together.
(c) She wants to be a doctor like him.
(d) He works too hard.

15. Ellie remembers a time she and Anne had been in Central Park. What was Anne's reaction to a Black runner coming at them?
(a) She started laughing.
(b) She screamed.
(c) She called the police.
(d) She ran the other direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jeremiah disappointed about being placed in remedial history?

2. Why does Anne call Ellie?

3. Where had Jeremiah's parents met?

4. How does Ellie let Jeremiah know what her name is?

5. As Jeremiah and his mother reminisce about his father’s mother, to what do Jeremiah’s thoughts wander?

(see the answer keys)

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