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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. How does Carlton feel about what Miah is going through, regarding his parents?
2. How does Ellie feel about not seeing Jeremiah again?
3. Jeremiah describes how he and other boys would give each other a hard time about what, particularly his friend Carlton?
4. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?
5. What is Mr. Hazelton's response when Jeremiah replies that the amendment is the right to silence?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Anne react when she finds out Jeremiah is Black?
2. What old routine do Ellie and her father discuss?
3. How do Jeremiah and his Brooklyn friends deal with racial issues?
4. How does Ellie respond when her father asks her about the boy from school?
5. How does Jeremiah feel about his time in history class with Ellie?
6. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?
7. How is racism revealed in Ellie's own home in this section (Chapters 6-10)?
8. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?
9. How does Jeremiah feel regarding his new Black teammates?
10. What is Carlton's response to Miah when asked about being biracial?
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
Racism permeates the entire story and its characters. How is systemic racism a theme or central idea of If You Come Softly? How are many of the characters affected by it? How does it lead to the tragic ending of this story? What is the message the reader is to get regarding systemic racism?
Essay Topic 3
Early in the story Miah says he does not fit in, as he is Black but worldly. How does the story reveal that Miah’s father is in much the same way an outsider? What other characters do not fit the typical mold? How does this affect them? How do they deal with this? What is the author’s purpose for creating these unique characters?
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