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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jeremiah partially hope the white kids at school will think about him?
(a) That he is the writer Nelia Roselind's son.
(b) That he got accepted into the school because of his intelligence.
(c) That is is the famous Norman Roselind's son.
(d) That he is on scholarship.

3. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?
(a) How his father could ever choose to leave her for someone else.
(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 she became such a good cook.

4. How is Ellie affected by Marion’s leaving?
(a) She is not longer affected by it, as she now trusts her mother to never leave again.
(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 affected by it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How serious are the jabs between Jeremiah and his friends?

2. What does Ellie think has happened to Jeremiah, since she has not seen him since that first encounter?

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

4. In Part Two, Chapter 10, Jeremiah looks at the old photographs of him in the frames and finally what photograph?

5. Jeremiah has grown used to being an only child but still wishes for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeremiah feel regarding his new Black teammates?

2. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?

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

4. What is the cause of Ellie's inability to fully love and trust her mother, Marion?

5. What do various family members tell Jeremiah about his blackness?

6. How is racism revealed in Ellie's own home in this section (Chapters 6-10)?

7. How does Jeremiah feel about being Black when in his own community?

8. What is Carlton's response to Miah when asked about being biracial?

9. What old routine do Ellie and her father discuss?

10. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?

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