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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jeremiah transferred into Ellie's history class?
(a) He is missing a history credit.
(b) He had accidentally been placed in remedial history.
(c) It works better in his schedule.
(d) He did not get along with his previous teacher.

2. 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 called the police.
(b) She started laughing.
(c) She ran the other direction.
(d) She screamed.

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

4. Where had Jeremiah's parents met?
(a) On a summer vacation.
(b) In a summer college course.
(c) On a film set.
(d) At a coffee shop.

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

6. What does Carlton want to know about Miah?
(a) If he will come back to Brooklyn Tech.
(b) When he is free to play basketball.
(c) What his mom is cooking for dinner.
(d) What he thinks of his new school.

7. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?
(a) A panther.
(b) A ninja.
(c) A loser.
(d) A warrior.

8. How does Carlton respond after Jeremiah describes his feelings for Ellie?
(a) Miah must be in love.
(b) Miah must not know what love is.
(c) Miah must be obsessed.
(d) Miah must be crazy.

9. How does the warmth of the sun on Jeremiah's skin make him feel?
(a) Safe.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

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

11. What is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?
(a) It is fun.
(b) It is weird.
(c) He does not know any different.
(d) It is challenging.

12. 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 shyness.
(c) Ellie's father is a bit of a recluse.
(d) Marion blames herself.

13. 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 Ellie has done wrong.
(c) What has happened to Anne.
(d) What must be keeping Anne so busy.

14. Jeremiah wants someone who can understand what about him?
(a) His love-hate relationship with basketball.
(b) The loneliness he feels inside.
(c) How different he feels from everyone else.
(d) The issues he has with his parents.

15. Why is Jeremiah disappointed about being placed in remedial history?
(a) He is bored in the class.
(b) He does not like the teacher.
(c) The school did not give him a placement test and assumed he needed remedial history.
(d) He is embarrassed about being in a remedial class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremiah partially hope the white kids at school will think about him?

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

3. In Part One, Chapter 6, why does Ellie have her hand on the phone?

4. How does Ellie feel about not seeing Jeremiah again?

5. How long has Lois Ann been Jeremiah's neighbor across the street?

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