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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 is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?
(a) It is fun.
(b) He does not know any different.
(c) It is challenging.
(d) It is weird.

2. Jeremiah has grown used to being an only child but still wishes for what?
(a) A large family.
(b) A sibling.
(c) A closer relationship with his parents.
(d) Someone who could know him deeply.

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

4. What does Carlton want to know about Miah?
(a) What he thinks of his new school.
(b) What his mom is cooking for dinner.
(c) If he will come back to Brooklyn Tech.
(d) When he is free to play basketball.

5. How does Ellie feel about being a loner?
(a) She is always happiest on her own.
(b) She wishes she was like other girls, holding hands.
(c) She does not consider herself a loner.
(d) At times she wishes she was like other girls but is usually content on her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jeremiah remember reacting to seeing his father with Lois Ann, prior to knowing about their affair?

2. Who are the other two Black players on Percy's basketball team?

3. Jeremiah wants someone who can understand what about him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Ellie's inability to fully love and trust her mother, Marion?

2. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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

4. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

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

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

7. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?

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

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

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

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