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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 book is Kim gifted?

2. What does Officer Moore say when asked if he announced himself to Jerome?

3. What does Kim offer to do for Carlos?

4. What does Sarah ask her dad to do?

5. Why does Jerome keep his eyes forward when he passes Green Acres?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did two white men come to Emmett's cousins' house in the middle of the night in 1955?

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

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

5. Why has Jerome stopped shadowing his parents?

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

7. What Mexican holiday is on November 1st?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss how Jerome's understanding of the world as a whole changes after his death. What kinds of things does Jerome realize after his life is taken, and what observations bring him to these realizations? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Sarah's ability to see Jerome and Emmett. Throughout the novel, Emmett tells Jerome it matters that she can see them. Why does it matter? What does her ability to see them do for them, and for Sarah herself? Use examples from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you discuss Jerome's understanding and perspective of his family. How does this perspective change or evolve over the course of the novel?

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