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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. Jeremiah remembers flying on an airplane as a small child to visit his grandmother where?
(a) In the South.
(b) In the Northwest.
(c) In the West.
(d) In the Midwest.

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

3. What about Jeremiah catches Ellie's eye?
(a) He height.
(b) His expensive clothes.
(c) His skin color.
(d) His voice and good looks.

4. Why is Ellie attending Percy?
(a) Her public school is not rated well in a New York times article, and her parents can afford a private school.
(b) She had been kicked out of her previous school for poor grades and truancy.
(c) She was unhappy at her old school and is ready for a fresh start.
(d) Her family moved too far away from her old school for her to attend it.

5. To where had Carlton’s sister moved to escape judging eyes?
(a) Chicago.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) LA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ellie miss about her relationship with her father?

3. When Ellie's father comes home, what does she tell him?

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

5. In what group of people does Carlton feel he does not belong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne react when she finds out Jeremiah is Black?

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

3. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?

4. Why is it assumed Jeremiah is placed in the wrong history class?

5. How do Jeremiah and his Brooklyn friends deal with racial issues?

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

7. About what do Carlton and Miah discuss on their walk home from school?

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

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

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

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