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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ellie remembers that Marion often said that all people are equal, as they all do what?
(a) Suffer.
(b) Judge each other.
(c) Walk on two feet.
(d) Breathe.

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

3. How does Carlton feel about what Miah is going through, regarding his parents?
(a) Worried.
(b) Sad.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Angry.

4. How serious are the jabs between Jeremiah and his friends?
(a) Very serious.
(b) Sometimes serious.
(c) Somewhat serious.
(d) Not serious.

5. What does Jeremiah do towards Ellie at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He winks at her.

6. How does Jeremiah remember reacting to seeing his father with Lois Ann, prior to knowing about their affair?
(a) He frowned at them.
(b) He was curious about them.
(c) He laughed at them.
(d) He smiled at them.

7. What does Jeremiah’s father call him, because he is Black?
(a) A loser.
(b) A ninja.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A panther.

8. Jeremiah remembers flying on an airplane as a small child to visit his grandmother where?
(a) In the Northwest.
(b) In the South.
(c) In the Midwest.
(d) In the West.

9. Jeremiah has grown used to being an only child but still wishes for what?
(a) A closer relationship with his parents.
(b) A large family.
(c) Someone who could know him deeply.
(d) A sibling.

10. What does Jeremiah admit to Carlton about Ellie?
(a) He has never thought about dating a white girl.
(b) He has never thought about dating someone younger than himself.
(c) He has never thought about dating someone who is Jewish.
(d) He has never thought about dating a wealthy girl before.

11. How long is Marion gone the first time she leaves her family?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 3 years.

12. To where had Carlton’s sister moved to escape judging eyes?
(a) Chicago.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) LA.

13. When one of Jeremiah's white teammates starts annoying him, what does he wonder?
(a) If he should tell him to stop.
(b) If he can be transferred to another private school.
(c) If the boy can be expelled for what he has said.
(d) What he is doing at Percy.

14. How does Jeremiah feel now that his parents are separated?
(a) Deep sadness for the loss of his family.
(b) Pressure to pick between them.
(c) He feels nothing.
(d) Relief.

15. What is Carlton's response when Jeremiah asks what it is like being the kid of a biracial couple?
(a) It is weird.
(b) It is fun.
(c) It is challenging.
(d) He does not know any different.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ellie show her father that Jeremiah is intelligent?

2. How long has Lois Ann been Jeremiah's neighbor across the street?

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

4. How does Ellie respond when her father asks about the boy from school?

5. As Jeremiah watches his mother prepare dinner, what does he wonder?

(see the answer keys)

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