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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 7, what is Ellie doing in Mr. Hazelton’s history class prior to Jeremiah walking in?
(a) She is reading out loud.
(b) She is working on schoolwork.
(c) She is watching the rain out the window.
(d) She is writing a note to a friend.

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

3. 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 review the Fifth Amendment.
(c) The two of them should both be silent.
(d) The two of them should memorize the rest of the amendments.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?

4. What happens when Jeremiah and Ellie's shoulders touch in history class?

5. Why do Jeremiah's parents wait to get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeremiah end up in Ellie's history class?

2. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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

4. How does Ellie respond when her father asks her about the boy from school?

5. How does Ellie feel as she listens to the messages on the answering machine?

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

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

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

9. How does Jeremiah feel about his time in history class with Ellie?

10. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?

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