If You Come Softly Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What gesture does Nelia show Ellie when she and Miah first arrive at her home? (from Chapters 21 - 26)

She takes Ellie's hand between both her hands and holds it a for a moment.

She gives Ellie a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie.

She gives her a picture of Miah she can carry in her wallet.

She compliments Ellie's necklace, and asks her about her family.

2.

Why does Anne and Ellie's phone conversation end so abruptly? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

Because Anne does not approve of Ellie loving a black boy, and tells her she is afraid Ellie will get hurt.

Because Edward enters the room, and Ellie does not want her mother to hear her telling Anne about Miah.

Because Anne's partner Stacey enters the room, and Anne does not want her to hear what they're talking about.

Because Marion enters the room, and Ellie does not want her mother to hear her telling Anne about Miah.

3.

When Miah tells his father he has been spending afternoons in Central Park, what warning does his father give him? (from Chapters 16 - 20)

To stop going to the park, and to spend his time with him instead.

To never go to white neighborhoods with a white girl.

To never run in a white neighborhood.

To never play basketball in a white neighborhood.

4.

What does Miah see in Ellie's eyes that makes him want to get to know her? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

He sees something different that he has never seen in anyone, including himself, before.

He sees beauty and innocence.

He sees something familiar in her, a little bit of himself.

He sees something that reminds him of his mother, who he loves very much.

5.

What does Miah's father say about white people on their drive to East Hampton? (from Chapters 16 - 20)

That they think they can steal all the best movie deals from him just because he is black.

That they know what everybody else is, but they do not know they are white.

That they are not as bad as Miah thinks.

That it is possible to fall in love with them if you try.

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