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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeremiah realize about the girl he had met that upsets him?
(a) She probably already has a boyfriend.
(b) She is white like most of the other students at Percy.
(c) She is too young for him.
(d) She most likely is not interested in him.

2. What does one woman mention, in Chapter 12, when Miah is introduced?
(a) How handsome he is.
(b) How much he looks like his father.
(c) How much she already knows about him.
(d) How tall he is.

3. What do the black boys on Percy's basketball team call themselves?
(a) The Three Black Musketeers.
(b) The Three Black Bears.
(c) The Three Black Warriors.
(d) The Three Black Stooges.

4. What does Ellie think has happened to Jeremiah, since she has not seen him since that first encounter?
(a) He is very busy.
(b) He was a figment of her imagination.
(c) He has left Percy.
(d) He does not like her.

5. Jeremiah describes how he and other boys would give each other a hard time about what, particularly his friend Carlton?
(a) Their skin color.
(b) Their skills on the basketball court.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Their intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellie wonder regarding the fact that Anne has not called her since the last time they spoke on the phone?

2. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?

3. What does Jeremiah admit to Carlton about Ellie?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Miah’s father want him to do?

5. What does Mr. Hazelton do to get Ellie and Jeremiah's attention?

(see the answer key)

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