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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome realize about the ghost boys at the end of the book?

2. What does Kim say Jerome never had?

3. How does the judge look when she enters on the last day of the hearing?

4. What does Emmett tell Jerome he needs to do?

5. Who gifts Kim a book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Emmett Till live when he was a kid?

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

4. What place in the south did Emmett visit in 1955?

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

6. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

7. Where is Carlos from?

8. Who helps Grandma walk Kim to school?

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

10. What happens when Carlos and Kim face Eddie, Snap, and Mike?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the character of Emmett Till. Who is Emmett Till in real life, and who is he in the book? Why is this character essential to the plot? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss racism and racial injustice in the novel. In what ways do racism and racial injustice show up in the novel, and who is affected by these injustices? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

The story is told entirely from Jerome’s perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Jerome's point of view. How does viewing the events from Jerome’s point of view affect the plot?

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