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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 ago had Jeremiah's grandmother died?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 years.

2. For what does Jeremiah cry at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) Himself.
(b) Ellie.
(c) What is lost.
(d) For his mother.

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

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

5. In Part One, Chapter 6, why does Ellie have her hand on the phone?
(a) She thought she heard the phone ring.
(b) She is about to call her mother.
(c) She is hoping her sister, Anne, will call her.
(d) She is hoping Jeremiah will call.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has Lois Ann been Jeremiah's neighbor across the street?

3. Who greets Ellie as she enters her Upper West Side building?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?

10. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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