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

2. Why is Ellie's father absent from dinner, as usual?
(a) He lives across the street in another apartment.
(b) He is at an office party.
(c) He is in his home office eating dinner alone.
(d) He is a doctor.

3. How does Ellie feel about not seeing Jeremiah again?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Angry.

4. What does Jeremiah admit to Carlton about Ellie?
(a) He has never thought about dating someone who is Jewish.
(b) He has never thought about dating a wealthy girl before.
(c) He has never thought about dating a white girl.
(d) He has never thought about dating someone younger than himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?

3. Jeremiah describes how he and other boys would give each other a hard time about what, particularly his friend Carlton?

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

5. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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

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

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

9. What is Carlton's response when Miah brings up Ellie?

10. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

(see the answer keys)

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