If You Come Softly Quiz

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What does Miah hate about playing basketball for his new school, Percy Academy? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

He hates the whiteness of his team, and how aware it makes him of his skin color.

He hates that the other players are not as good as his former teammates at his tech school.

He hates that he is not the only black player on the team.

He hates that Carlton is not on the Percy team with him.

What is the reason Marion gives Ellie for returning to her family after she left? (from Chapters 1 - 5)

She tells Ellie she realized she could not live without the same things she could not live with.

She tells Ellie she realized that the only thing she wanted from life was to be a mother.

She tells Ellie she missed her father too much, and realized how much she loved him.

She tells Ellie she realized she was not strong enough to live on her own.

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

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

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

Because he took a placement test and he failed.

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

Why does Miah keep running even after the cop tells him to stop? (from Chapters 21 - 26)

Because he is afraid the voice is his father's, and that he will condemn his relationship with Ellie.

Because he is so distracted dribbling his basketball, he does not even hear him.

Because he is afraid the cop thinks he is a criminal.

Because he is so consumed by his love for Ellie, he does not even hear him.

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

To never play basketball in a white neighborhood.

To never go to white neighborhoods with a white girl.