If You Come Softly Quiz

What is the name of the two main characters?

• Jeremy and Elaine

• Jeremiah and Ellie

• John and Erin

• James and Eleizabeth

RL.1: Which excerpt best supports the inference that the relationship between Marion and Ellie was strained?

• "I'm changing clothes, Marion. I'll be down for dinner."

• "In the past year, I had grown as tall as my mother."

• "We laughed and the laughter seemed to echo through the empty house.."

• "We were almost friends now."

True or False: Ellie told her father that she had a crush on Jeremiah and that Jeremiah is black.

• True

• False

RL.2: Which part of the excerpt develops the theme of coming of age?

• “Jeremiah was black. He could feel it. The way the sun pressed down hard and hot on his skin in the summer.”

• “For a moment we stared at each other, neither of us saying anything. There was something familiar about him, something I hadn’t seen before.”

• “He wondered where that stuff went to, where love went to, how a person could just love somebody one day and boom—the next day love somebody else.”

• "Me too. You gonna let me kiss you. Ellie?"

Why did Jeremiah think that his parents should have stayed together?

• Even though they argued, they had "something"...even if it was raggedy

• They already separated once and shouldn't separate again

• He didn't want them to end up in the gossip magazine

• They were going to have another baby

RL.2: What major theme is best reflected in this novel?

• interracial relationships

• coming of age

• love

Where did Ellie and Jeremiah meet?

• The street

• The park

• The school hallway

• Gym Class

According to the novel, what are the challenges of love across races, or between two people of differing backgrounds? What are the rewards of a relationship that contains differences? How is this kind of love perceived from those inside of it versus those outside of it?

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