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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. In Part Two, Chapter 9, what is Ellie doing as she watches the sunlight stream in the windows of her empty apartment?
(a) Going through her to-do list for the weekend.
(b) Listening to the answering machine.
(c) Thinking about her life.
(d) Wondering what her parents are up to.

2. Jeremiah feels tears in his eyes for his parents, as the following day would have been which anniversary?
(a) Their 17th.
(b) Their 27th.
(c) Their 20th.
(d) Their 25th.

3. In Part Two, Chapter 10, Jeremiah looks at the old photographs of him in the frames and finally what photograph?
(a) Him and his mother and father.
(b) His mother in her wedding dress.
(c) His mother as a young girl.
(d) His mother and father on their wedding day.

4. How long is Marion gone the first time she leaves her family?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 3 years.

5. Ellie remembers that Marion often said that all people are equal, as they all do what?
(a) Suffer.
(b) Judge each other.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Walk on two feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jeremiah transferred into Ellie's history class?

2. In Part Two, Chapter 7, what is Ellie doing in Mr. Hazelton’s history class prior to Jeremiah walking in?

3. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?

4. On what does Marion blame Ellie's desire to be on her own?

5. Why is Ellie's father absent from dinner, as usual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

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

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

6. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?

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

8. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?

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

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

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