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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ma like during the preliminary hearings?
(a) Put together.
(b) A mess.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Loud.

2. Where is the narrator at the beginning of the book?
(a) Lying on the ground.
(b) At the beach.
(c) At a diner.
(d) At home.

3. Whose parents fight?
(a) Jerome's.
(b) Sarah's.
(c) Kim's.
(d) Carlos's.

4. What does Grandma do?
(a) Makes the home.
(b) Owns a cafe.
(c) Owns a diner.
(d) Teaches.

5. Who does Jerome take pity on at school?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Kim.
(d) Snap.

6. What makes Kim feel better?
(a) Walking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Writing.
(d) Reading.

7. What is Ma like after Jerome's death?
(a) Cheery.
(b) Bored.
(c) Chatty.
(d) Somber.

8. Who else other than Officer Moore gets questioned at the hearing?
(a) Kim.
(b) Ma.
(c) The 911 operator.
(d) Pop.

9. What information did the phone operator not tell the reporting officers the night Jerome died?
(a) That the gun was a toy.
(b) That Jerome had a knife.
(c) That Jerome was a kid.
(d) That Jerome was Black.

10. What did Officer Moore do to Jerome?
(a) He put him behind bars.
(b) He wounded him.
(c) He killed him.
(d) He helped him.

11. Who is Ms. Penny?
(a) A judge.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A librarian.

12. What does Carlos give Grandma at the funeral?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) A sock.
(c) A toy.
(d) A rock.

13. What is the atmosphere like outside the courthouse?
(a) Busy.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Calm.
(d) Frenzied.

14. What are some people saying about Sarah's dad?
(a) That he should get an award.
(b) That he should go to jail.
(c) That he did the wrong thing.
(d) That he did the right thing.

15. Where does Ms. Penny work?
(a) A diner.
(b) An office.
(c) Sarah's school.
(d) A hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Officer Moore?

2. Who is Mr. Myers?

3. Why does Sarah hate school?

4. Whose school is mainly white?

5. Who is Officer Moore?

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