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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Part Two, Chapter 9, what is Ellie doing as she watches the sunlight stream in the windows of her empty apartment?
2. How does Ellie let Jeremiah know what her name is?
3. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?
4. What does Jeremiah hear that makes him feel that the whole world is pointing at him and laughing?
5. What does Mr. Hazelton do to get Ellie and Jeremiah's attention?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it assumed Jeremiah is placed in the wrong history class?
2. What is Carlton's response when Miah brings up Ellie?
3. What is the cause of Ellie's inability to fully love and trust her mother, Marion?
4. How does Peter treat Jeremiah?
5. What is Carlton's response to Miah when asked about being biracial?
6. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?
7. How does Ellie feel as she listens to the messages on the answering machine?
8. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?
9. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?
10. How does Ellie respond when her father asks her about the boy from school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the portion of the poem in Part 2, Chapter 25 relate to this story and its two protagonists? What is the connection of this poem and the portion Miah recites earlier in this novel? What role does it play in the story?
Essay Topic 2
If You Come Softly is a coming-of-age story. How does the reader know this? How does the growing up of the two main characters compare to the average teen? Explain. How can teenagers, and adults as well, relate to the maturity of the main characters and loss of the naiveté of childhood?
Essay Topic 3
How do Jeremiah and Ellie feel about themselves? How do they both see a kindred spirit in the eyes of the other? How does this finding of themselves in the other influence their feelings towards each other, as the story progresses?
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