If You Come Softly Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did Anne tell Marion over the phone? (from Chapters 11 - 15)

That she and Stacey are having a commitment ceremony.

That Ellie had fallen in love with a black boy.

That she and Ellie had fallen out over a boy.

That Ellie broke her Yom Kippur fast at Wendy's.

2.

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 never run in a white neighborhood.

To never go to white neighborhoods with a white girl.

To never play basketball in a white neighborhood.

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

3.

What is the significance of Miah's Swiss Army knife? (from Chapters 11 - 15)

Carlton gave it to before he left for Percy Academy.

His mother gave it to him when he was young, and promised to take him camping with it.

His father gave it to him when he was young, and promised to take him camping with it.

His grandmother gave it to him just before he died.

4.

When Miah expresses his concerns regarding loving a white girl to Carlton, how does Carlton respond? (from Chapters 6 - 10)

He is disgusted and tells Miah it will never work.

He is supportive and thinks it can work, because his parents have an interracial marriage.

He tells him even though his parents have an interracial marriage, he does not think it is a good idea because it is too hard.

He tells Miah it is not that big of a deal, but that he would not date a white girl.

5.

Why does Miah think Percy placed him in remedial history? (from Chapters 6 - 10)

Because he took a placement test and he failed.

Because he is black and they assumed he would be behind academically.

Because they were trying to separate him from Ellie and did not want them to be in the same history course.

Because Mr. Hazelton does not like black kids and asked to have him placed in remedial instead.

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