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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. What does Jeremiah do towards Ellie at the end of Chapter 7?

2. Where had Jeremiah's parents met?

3. In what group of people does Carlton feel he does not belong?

4. As Jeremiah and his mother reminisce about his father’s mother, to what do Jeremiah’s thoughts wander?

5. What does Mr. Hazelton do to get Ellie and Jeremiah's attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jeremiah feel about his time in history class with Ellie?

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

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

4. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?

5. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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

7. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?

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

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

10. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Ellie and Jeremiah feel about their relationship? What can be learned from Jeremiah's and Ellie's attitude about their relationship? What message is the reader supposed to get from this relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author makes a point of frequently pointing out the fact that Ellie is a secular Jew. What is the reason for this? What is the significance of Ellie’s Star of David necklace, especially knowing she is not very religious? How might her ancestral connection with Judaism help her relate to Miah and his plight as a Black man?

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