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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Carlton want to know about Miah?
(a) What he thinks of his new school.
(b) If he will come back to Brooklyn Tech.
(c) What his mom is cooking for dinner.
(d) When he is free to play basketball.

4. When Ellie's father comes home, what does she tell him?
(a) He works too hard.
(b) She wants to be a doctor like him.
(c) She wishes he and her mother were happier together.
(d) She is in love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jeremiah feel uncomfortable about his skin color?

2. On what does Marion blame Ellie's desire to be on her own?

3. Jeremiah feels tears in his eyes for his parents, as the following day would have been which anniversary?

4. Where had Jeremiah's parents met?

5. When one of Jeremiah's white teammates starts annoying him, what does he wonder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it assumed Jeremiah is placed in the wrong history class?

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

3. How do Jeremiah and his Brooklyn friends deal with racial issues?

4. What kind of person is Jeremiah looking for?

5. How does Jeremiah reveal his intelligence in his first day in history class?

6. What old routine do Ellie and her father discuss?

7. How do Ellie and Jeremiah first meet?

8. How does Anne react when she finds out Jeremiah is Black?

9. About what do Carlton and Miah discuss on their walk home from school?

10. Why does Anne call Ellie?

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