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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 does Carlos confess to his dad?
(a) He killed Jerome.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is happy.
(d) The gun was his.

2. Why does Jerome keep his eyes forward when he passes Green Acres?
(a) He does not do this.
(b) He does not like how Green Acres looks.
(c) He does not want to see Emmett.
(d) He does not want to see where he died.

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

4. When did Emmett visit his cousins?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1955.

5. What does Emmett mean by "bear witness"?
(a) Watch and observe.
(b) Do not listen to people's stories.
(c) LIsten to people's stories.
(d) Look to him for guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Emmett not take seriously?

2. Who does Jerome's family have a picnic with?

3. Who is Mrs. Bryant?

4. Who often walks with Jerome?

5. Who does not mind showing their grief?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Moore say when the prosecutor asks him if he rendered aid at the site of Jerome's death?

8. Why does Sarah build a website?

9. What does Sarah ask her dad to help her with?

10. Who celebrates a Mexican holiday towards the end of the book?

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