Ghost Boys - Pages 89-138 Quiz

The ghost boy is actually...

• Emmett Till

• Tamir Rice

• Carlos

• Pa

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

The book, Peter Pan, is referenced in the novel to...

• Show that Jerome will never grow up

• Show Peter Pan is a classic book

• Show that Jerome was not raised with books in the home

• Show that Sarah is more privileged than Jerome

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Emmett Till tells Jerome the story of how he died in Mississippi.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Jerome's story is most like...

• Emmett Till's story

• Tamir Rice's story

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

"Like rising smoke, my spirit leaves" (Rhodes 109). This simile compares...

• Smoke to Jerome's spirit

• Smoke to Jerome's ghost

• Emmett Till's spirit to Jerome's spirit

• Tamir Rice's spirit to Jerome's spirit

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Jerome feels that if the 911 operator had said it was a "toy gun," he would still be alive.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Ms. Penny tells Sarah that Emmett Till's murder was "sixty years ago." So, in what year does the book take place?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

"Three good things can't be said. Can't fix what's wrong" (Rhodes 123). What does Jerome mean here?

• Nothing good can be said of racism

• Nothing good can be said about Officer Moore

• Nothing good can be said about Emmett Till's death

• Nothing good can be said about Jerome's death

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"People tell the dead, 'Rest in peace.' I haven't had any. Rest or peace" (Rhodes 133) This illustrates that Jerome is in purgatory.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Purgatory is a place in between life and death and a place of suffering.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4