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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. What does Ellie think has happened to Jeremiah, since she has not seen him since that first encounter?
(a) He is very busy.
(b) He does not like her.
(c) He has left Percy.
(d) He was a figment of her imagination.

2. What does Jeremiah do towards Ellie at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He winks at her.

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

4. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?
(a) In the sun.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the aircondioning.
(d) In the shade.

5. At what is Ellie looking when she bumps into Jeremiah?
(a) Her cell phone.
(b) Her class schedule.
(c) Another student.
(d) Herself in a mirror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Carlton want to know about Miah?

3. Jeremiah has grown used to being an only child but still wishes for what?

4. How does Carlton respond after Jeremiah describes his feelings for Ellie?

5. What does Ellie wonder about Anne's reaction to the jogger in the park?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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

4. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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

6. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?

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

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

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

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

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