Test: Ghost Boys Comprehension Questions 0-110 | Quizlet

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Kehinde Oyinloye
Q1
We read that Officer Moore was "responding to unconscious stereotypes of
black men..." Which of the definitions below best matches this statement?

a) The narrator says, "I'm still dead. Alone on the field. The policeman closest to
me is rubbing his head. In his hand, his gun dangles. The other policeman is
watching Ma like she's going to hurt someone. Then, he shouts, "Stay back!"
The narrator describes him in this way because he is showing his point of view
and the view of those standing there.

b) The difference between having troubles and being in trouble is that when you
are having troubles that means that you are struggling with something but
aren't directly affecting someone. When you are in trouble that means that
you are directly doing something to cause someone trouble.

c) Grandma makes Jerome tell her three good things in his life because she has
superstitions that he is not doing well. On page eleven, Grandma says, "I'm
worried about you. Been having bad dreams."

d) Yes, because Officer Moore says that "Jerome was big and scary, he was buff
and muscular, could've passed for a twenty five year old man." When, he
says this he is saying that a scrawny little boy was so big and scary because he
is black.
D IS THE CORRECT ANSWER

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Q2 of 15
Which of the four description below best explains ‘preliminary hearings’?

a) Jermome's school is located in a very poor neighborhood, the students receive

a very poor education. The school is full of violence and bullies.

b) They do not determine innocence or guilt. They determine whether there is

enough evidence for a trial. Whether Officer Moore should be charged with
murder.

c) Jerome is a teenage boy who is very smart, makes good choices, is ambitious,
and is good to his family. He doesn't seem to have any friends and has a hard
time with bullies at school.

d) Jerome's neighborhood is not very nice and is filled with abandoned buildings,
drug dealers, and homeless people.
b is the right answer

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Q3 of 15
How does Jerome feel when he sees Ma?
a) He feels happy.

b) He feels sad that he's died, but takes comfort that maybe now people will
begin to notice and pay attention to boys.

c) Jerome feels that nothing makes sense.

d) Jerome is angry that he feels someone else’s pain but cannot comfort them.

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Q4 of 15
Why does Grandma make Jerome tell her about "three good things" in his life?

a) Because she gets lonely throughout the day and wants to talk to Jerome when
he gets home from school.

b) Because she likes to hear positive things.

c) So that she can then tell Jerome’s parents about these things.

d) Because she has superstitions that he is not doing well, so by asking him to tell
her, she is making him realize that not everything is bad.

e)

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Q5 of 15
"We can't see each other's faces, but I know we're both smiling" (Parker Rhodes
42). How do you think the friendship between Jerome and Carlos will impact the
plot?
a) I think that Jerome will become much more confident and social because of
Carlos

b) I think Jerome is supposed to become a spirit or rather an angel to watch over

his family and friends and protect them.

c) The author uses this description to create a very dramatic mood for this
scenario.

d) I think that Grandma sensed Jerome's spirit in the space.

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Q6 of 15
What does Jerome see at the end of the chapter?
a) Why? Jerome originally feels bad for Carlos because Mr. Myers is making him
speak in front of the whole class on his first day

b) Ma wants an open casket to show what the world had done to Jerome

c) At the end of the chapter, Jerome sees another brown boy that looks likes
him.

d) At the end of the chapter, Carlos pulls out a gun. I think he has this because
he is afraid of being physically hurt on his first day in a violent school.

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Q7 of 15
Sarah asks her dad if Jerome was really twelve. How does Officer Moore
respond? Why does he respond this way?
a) The reason he might believe this is because he thought he would be in big
trouble when Carlos pulled out a gun.

b) Jerome describes his ghost friend as an old timey boy, that is dressed in old
fashioned clothing. I think that this is Jerome's ghost. On page thirty, the
other ghost boy states, "I'm you. Nothing makes sense. I reach out to touch
him. Maybe ghosts can touch ghosts?"

c) The lawyer compares Jerome to Sarah because it makes Officer Moore

realize that even though says he shot a boy that could have been the same
size as a twenty-five old, he actually shot a boy the same size as his small
daughter.

d) He is very aggressive and says that she doesn't know how "scary" the situation
was. He knows that she is smart enough to figure it out and is ashamed of
himself.

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Q8 of 15
How did Carlos get a gun into school?
a) Why? Jerome originally feels bad for Carlos because Mr. Myers is making him
speak in front of the whole class on his first day.

b) Kim is reading a book to try and distract herself from her brother's death

c) It was a plastic toy gun.

d) At the end of the chapter, Jerome sees another brown boy that looks likes
him.

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Q9 of 15
How is Sarah's home different from Jerome's? Sarah's house is much bigger and
fancier, she lives in a nice neighborhood. Sarah's house is like Jerome's dream
house.
a) The author uses this description to create a very dramatic mood for this
scenario.

b) Sarah's house is much bigger and fancier, she lives in a nice neighborhood.
Sarah's house is like Jerome's dream house.

c) Why? Jerome originally feels bad for Carlos because Mr. Myers is making him
speak in front of the whole class on his first day.

d) I think that Jerome will become much more confident and social because of
Carlos

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Q10 of 15
"Middle school is like a country." (Parker Rhodes 40). Why did the author use this
simile?
a) The author uses this simile because the social aspect of middle school has a
highly complex demographic. It has levels of "social classes", there are
students that live like celebrities at school and those who are less
fortunate.

b) The author uses this description to create a very dramatic mood for this
scenario.

c) The difference between having troubles and being in trouble is that when
you are having troubles that means that you are struggling with something
but aren't directly affecting someone. When you are in trouble that means
that you are directly doing something to cause someone trouble.

d) The narrator describes the policeman by saying, "I'm still dead. Alone on
the field. The policeman closest to me is rubbing his head. In his hand, his
gun dangles. The other policeman is watching Ma like she's going to hurt
someone. Then, he shouts, "Stay back!" The narrator describes him in this
way because he is showing his point of view and the view of those standing
there.

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Q11 of 15
What is racial bias?
a) Jermome's school is located in a very poor neighborhood, the students receive
a very poor education. The school is full of violence and bullies.

b) Racial bias is the belief that a race is less than another because of
stereotypes.

c) Jerome thinks this because Sarah has shelves full of books and her own fancy
bed.

d) I think that Jerome will become much more confident and social because of
Carlos

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Q12 of 15
"Is there someplace I'm supposed to go? I hope it's heaven. A good place. But I'm
still here-" (Parker Rhodes 28). Where do you think Jerome is supposed to go?

a) I think that Grandma sensed Jerome's spirit in the space.

b) In Jerome's eyes bullies are worse than drug dealers. On page fifteen,
Jerome says, "Me and Kim cross the street away from the dealers. They're
not the worst, though. School bullies are the worst."

c) The author uses this description to create a very dramatic mood for this
scenario.

d) I think Jerome is supposed to become a spirit or rather an angel to watch over

his family and friends and protect them.

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Q13 of 15
"Ma hugs him and they hold to each other like they're both going to drown"
(Parker Rhodes 25). Why do you think the author uses this description?

a) The narrator describes the policeman by saying, "I'm still dead. Alone on the
field. The policeman closest to me is rubbing his head. In his hand, his gun
dangles. The other policeman is watching Ma like she's going to hurt someone.
Then, he shouts, "Stay back!" The narrator describes him in this way because
he is showing his point of view and the view of those standing there.

b) The author uses this description to create a very dramatic mood for this
scenario.

c) The author uses this simile because the social aspect of middle school has a
highly complex demographic. It has levels of "social classes", there are
students that live like celebrities at school and those who are less fortunate.

d) Sarah's house is much bigger and fancier, she lives in a nice neighborhood.
Sarah's house is like Jerome's dream house.

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Q14 of 15
"Why can't it be Kim who sees me? Why this stupid girl?" (Parker Rhodes 53) Why
do you think the girl can see Jerome?

a) I think the girl can see Jerome because she believes in all the superstitions
about souls and spirits, just like Grandma.

b) He is very aggressive and says that she doesn't know how "scary" the situation
was. He knows that she is smart enough to figure it out and is ashamed of
himself.

c) I think the author has Jerome see his own death because it shows him and the
reader another perspective.

d) Officer Moore said he was boy was in fear of his life becaue Jerome had a
toy gun that looked real. He also said that Jerome, a scrawny five-foot
tall twelve year old boy, good have passed for a muscular twenty-five year
old man.

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Q15 of 15
Why does the lawyer compare Jerome and Sarah?
a) Jerome describes his ghost friend as an old timey boy, that is dressed in old
fashioned clothing. I think that this is Jerome's ghost. On page thirty,
the other ghost boy states, "I'm you. Nothing makes sense. I reach out to
touch him. Maybe ghosts can touch ghosts?"

b) The lawyer compares Jerome to Sarah because it makes Officer Moore

realize that even though says he shot a boy that could have been the same
size as a twenty-five old, he actually shot a boy the same size as his small
daughter.

c) He is very aggressive and says that she doesn't know how "scary" the
situation was. He knows that she is smart enough to figure it out and is
ashamed of himself.

d) Some people think that he was doing the right thing and some think that he
was being prejudiced. People who believe he was doing his job probably
also have racial biases, the people who believed he was being prejudiced are
probably very open.

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