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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. Why is Ellie attending Percy?
2. What does Jeremiah hear that makes him feel that the whole world is pointing at him and laughing?
3. Where does Jeremiah’s grandmother always tell him to sit?
4. How does Ellie feels when Anne asks about the boy she met?
5. On what does Marion blame Ellie's desire to be on her own?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jeremiah end up in Ellie's history class?
2. Why does Jeremiah now attend Percy?
3. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?
4. Why is it assumed Jeremiah is placed in the wrong history class?
5. How do Jeremiah and his Brooklyn friends deal with racial issues?
6. Why does Anne call Ellie?
7. How does Jeremiah feel about his new teammates?
8. How does Jeremiah feel now that his parents are separated?
9. How does Ellie feel as she listens to the messages on the answering machine?
10. What do various family members tell Jeremiah about his blackness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frequently the author mentions rain or sun. What is the connection between the weather and the main characters and events in If You Come Softly? Why might the author have decided to create this relationship? How does noting the weather influence the tone of the book? How does this affect the reader?
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 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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