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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. When Ellie calls Jeremiah's name, and he turns to look at her, what does he say?
2. What does Miah’s father remind him about white neighborhoods?
3. In Part Two, Chapter 19, Miah’s father tells him he is leaving for where for work in the morning?
4. Why does Susan call in Chapter 13?
5. Miah feels that, although his father loves him, what does he love more?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ellie resond to Miah's request she come for dinner after practice?
2. Why had Miah not told Ellie about his famous parents earlier in their relationship?
3. How does Miah find his father, when he enters the living room?
4. About what does Miah think while he is in his room at his father's home?
5. How does Ellie react to her mother's conversation with her sister Susan?
6. How does Chapter 14 end?
7. On the drive to East Hampton, what does Miah's father have to say about white people?
8. How does Miah suggest he and Ellie deal with the negative attitudes of others towards them?
9. What does Miah's father say happened to his relationship with Nelia?
10. What takes place under the maple tree in Central Park?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How does Jeremiah die? How is this relevant to today? Could his death have been prevented? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
If You Come Softly is a coming-of-age story. How does the reader know this? How does the growing up of the two main characters compare to the average teen? Explain. How can teenagers, and adults as well, relate to the maturity of the main characters and loss of the naiveté of childhood?
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