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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Emmett's cousins warn him about?
(a) White people.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Black people.

2. Who does Emmett say can make change?
(a) The dead.
(b) Anyone.
(c) The living.
(d) No one.

3. How does Jerome's perspective of Chicago change after death?
(a) He realizes it is beautiful.
(b) He realizes it is small.
(c) He realizes it is ugly.
(d) He realizes it is not that small.

4. Who often walks with Jerome?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Tamir.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Kim.

5. Who does Carlos say helped him be brave?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Kim.
(c) Ma.
(d) Jerome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlos tell Kim about?

2. Who does Grandma tell Jerome to say hi to?

3. What does Jerome think of Carlos?

4. What event happens on April 19?

5. When does Kim smile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What toy is Jerome playing with at the end of the novel?

2. Why did Emmett's cousins panic when he came out of the grocery store?

3. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him why he shot Jerome in the back?

4. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he shot Jerome from the police cruiser?

5. Who was the living person who could see Emmett Till after he died?

6. What does Officer Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he told Jerome to raise his hands?

7. How did Emmett Till die?

8. Who does Jerome tell Sarah she needs to talk to?

9. What is the result of the hearing?

10. How does Jerome's perspective of Chicago change after death?

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