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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 miss about her relationship with her father?
(a) How easy and honest is used to be.
(b) Their morning walks together.
(c) Their Sunday tradition of playing chess.
(d) Their Sunday tradition of reading the New York Times.

2. How does Ellie let Jeremiah know what her name is?
(a) She carves it in the trunk of a tree.
(b) She writes it on her textbook.
(c) She whispers it to him.
(d) She plays a guessing game with him.

3. Why does Anne call Ellie?
(a) To tell her she is coming home for a visit.
(b) To invite her to her commitment ceremony with her girlfriend, Stacey.
(c) That she wants Ellie to visit her in San Francisco.
(d) To invite her to live with her and attend school in California.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie call Anne before hanging up on her?

2. How long ago had Jeremiah's grandmother died?

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

4. What is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?

5. How does Ellie feel about being a loner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?

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

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

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

6. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

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

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

9. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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

(see the answer keys)

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