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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the black boys on Percy's basketball team call themselves?
(a) The Three Black Warriors.
(b) The Three Black Musketeers.
(c) The Three Black Bears.
(d) The Three Black Stooges.

3. In Part One, Chapter 6, why does Ellie have her hand on the phone?
(a) She is hoping Jeremiah will call.
(b) She is hoping her sister, Anne, will call her.
(c) She is about to call her mother.
(d) She thought she heard the phone ring.

4. What does Jeremiah realize about the girl he had met that upsets him?
(a) She probably already has a boyfriend.
(b) She is too young for him.
(c) She is white like most of the other students at Percy.
(d) She most likely is not interested in him.

5. Ellie remembers that Marion often said that all people are equal, as they all do what?
(a) Breathe.
(b) Walk on two feet.
(c) Judge each other.
(d) Suffer.

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

7. In Part Two, Chapter 8, how does Jeremiah feel about waiting for class to end?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is impatient.
(c) He is nervous.
(d) He is angry.

8. What is Mr. Hazelton's response when Jeremiah replies that the amendment is the right to silence?
(a) The two of them should plead the Fifth.
(b) The two of them should memorize the rest of the amendments.
(c) The two of them should both be silent.
(d) The two of them should review the Fifth Amendment.

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

10. How can Jeremiah tell he is Black?
(a) By the way people tease and taunt him.
(b) By the way the sun feels on his skin.
(c) By the way he looks in a mirror.
(d) By his skill on the basketball court.

11. In Part Two, Chapter 10, Jeremiah looks at the old photographs of him in the frames and finally what photograph?
(a) His mother in her wedding dress.
(b) His mother and father on their wedding day.
(c) His mother as a young girl.
(d) Him and his mother and father.

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

13. What does Jeremiah admit to Carlton about Ellie?
(a) He has never thought about dating a wealthy girl before.
(b) He has never thought about dating someone younger than himself.
(c) He has never thought about dating a white girl.
(d) He has never thought about dating someone who is Jewish.

14. How does Jeremiah feel now that his parents are separated?
(a) Relief.
(b) Deep sadness for the loss of his family.
(c) He feels nothing.
(d) Pressure to pick between them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jeremiah feel uncomfortable about his skin color?

2. What does Jeremiah do towards Ellie at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Why is Ellie's father absent from dinner, as usual?

4. In Part Two, Chapter 7, what is Ellie doing in Mr. Hazelton’s history class prior to Jeremiah walking in?

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

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