View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How serious are the jabs between Jeremiah and his friends?

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

3. In Part Two, Chapter 9, what is Ellie doing as she watches the sunlight stream in the windows of her empty apartment?

4. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?

5. Why is Jeremiah disappointed about being placed in remedial history?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

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

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

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

5. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

6. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the cultures, races, and religions of the two protagonists are different, they have much in common. What do they have in common? How is this significant to the story and the relationship between these two characters? How have they been influenced by their upbringing and found themselves in similar situations?

Essay Topic 2

How does Jeremiah die? How is this relevant to today? Could his death have been prevented? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The story ends with Ellie preparing for high school graduation and a future at a college of her choice but without the excitement of her peers. Unlike Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" she does not die alongside Jeremiah, but how, in some ways is she like Juliet? How might she resemble Maria from "West Side Story?" Does she have more hope for her future than these two women? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 986 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample