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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. How long has Lois Ann been Jeremiah's neighbor across the street?
(a) A few months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) 12 years.

2. How can Jeremiah tell he is Black?
(a) By his skill on the basketball court.
(b) By the way the sun feels on his skin.
(c) By the way people tease and taunt him.
(d) By the way he looks in a mirror.

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

4. What does Mr. Hazelton do to get Ellie and Jeremiah's attention?
(a) He asks if they would like to go on a date later to finish their conversation.
(b) He tells them to be quiet.
(c) He asks Jeremiah about the Fifth Amendment.
(d) He claps his hands loudly.

5. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?
(a) She tells him that Jeremiah will most likely graduate early.
(b) She tells him that Jeremiah has memorized the 27 amendments in order.
(c) She tells him that Jeremiah is in all honors classes.
(d) She tells him Jeremiah's IQ score.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jeremiah disappointed about being placed in remedial history?

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

3. How does Ellie feels when Anne asks about the boy she met?

4. What is the weather the day Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

5. What do the black boys on Percy's basketball team call themselves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?

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

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

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

7. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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

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

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

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