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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anne respond when Ellie mentions that Jeremiah is Black?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is shocked and concerned.
(c) She is surprised and excited.
(d) She does not care that he is black.

2. 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 his father left.
(c) When she returned to teaching and lecturing full time.
(d) When she was pregnant with Jeremiah.

3. 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.

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

5. What does Ellie think has happened to Jeremiah, since she has not seen him since that first encounter?
(a) He was a figment of her imagination.
(b) He does not like her.
(c) He has left Percy.
(d) He is very busy.

6. How does Ellie respond when her father asks about the boy from school?
(a) She is relieved to hear he already knows.
(b) She is shy and embarrassed.
(c) She is very upset with him for bringing it up.
(d) She is annoyed her mother mentioned it.

7. What does Ellie wonder regarding the fact that Anne has not called her since the last time they spoke on the phone?
(a) What Ellie could do to pacify Anne.
(b) What must be keeping Anne so busy.
(c) What Ellie has done wrong.
(d) What has happened to Anne.

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

9. Jeremiah feels tears in his eyes for his parents, as the following day would have been which anniversary?
(a) Their 20th.
(b) Their 27th.
(c) Their 17th.
(d) Their 25th.

10. How does Carlton feel about what Miah is going through, regarding his parents?
(a) Sad.
(b) Worried.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

11. How does Ellie feels when Anne asks about the boy she met?
(a) She is relieved.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She is nervous.

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

13. Why do Jeremiah's parents wait to get married?
(a) Their parents do not approve of the marriage.
(b) They are too young to marry.
(c) They want to make sure they have chosen the right person.
(d) They both want to work on their careers first.

14. How does Ellie feel about being a loner?
(a) She does not consider herself a loner.
(b) She wishes she was like other girls, holding hands.
(c) She is always happiest on her own.
(d) At times she wishes she was like other girls but is usually content on her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What about Jeremiah catches Ellie's eye?

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