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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?
(a) She tells him Jeremiah's IQ score.
(b) She tells him that Jeremiah has memorized the 27 amendments in order.
(c) She tells him that Jeremiah is in all honors classes.
(d) She tells him that Jeremiah will most likely graduate early.

2. What does Ellie wonder about Anne's reaction to the jogger in the park?
(a) If Anne would have called the police if the jogger had been white.
(b) If Anne would have screamed if the jogger had been white.
(c) What Anne found so funny.
(d) If Anne wanted to become a runner.

3. Why do Jeremiah's parents wait to get married?
(a) They both want to work on their careers first.
(b) They are too young to marry.
(c) They want to make sure they have chosen the right person.
(d) Their parents do not approve of the marriage.

4. How does Ellie let Jeremiah know what her name is?
(a) She writes it on her textbook.
(b) She plays a guessing game with him.
(c) She whispers it to him.
(d) She carves it in the trunk of a tree.

5. In Part One, Chapter 6, why does Ellie have her hand on the phone?
(a) She is hoping her sister, Anne, will call her.
(b) She is about to call her mother.
(c) She is hoping Jeremiah will call.
(d) She thought she heard the phone ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jeremiah and his mother reminisce about his father’s mother, to what do Jeremiah’s thoughts wander?

2. Who are the other two Black players on Percy's basketball team?

3. What do the black boys on Percy's basketball team call themselves?

4. What does Ellie call Anne before hanging up on her?

5. For what does Jeremiah cry at the end of Chapter 10?

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