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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 is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?

2. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?

3. Jeremiah has grown used to being an only child but still wishes for what?

4. In Part Two, Chapter 8, how does Jeremiah feel about waiting for class to end?

5. What does Jeremiah hear that makes him feel that the whole world is pointing at him and laughing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jeremiah end up in Ellie's history class?

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

5. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?

6. What is Carlton's response to Miah when asked about being biracial?

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

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

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

10. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This novel is a tragedy much like “Romeo and Juliet” and “West Side Story.” Were you aware of this as you read the novel? Why or why not? Were you surprised when Miah was killed? Why or why not? Are you satisfied with this novel as a modern take on a classic tale? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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