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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skin Deep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Cedric learn at Jefferson compared to Ballou?
(a) He learned about half as much at Jefferson as at Ballou.
(b) He took more advanced classes there.
(c) He learns about the same at Jefferson as at Ballou.
(d) He learned more in a year there than two or three at Ballou.

2. What worries Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) A problem at work.
(b) The neighborhood she lives in.
(c) The rent is due.
(d) Cedric's grades.

3. For what summer program does Cedric apply?
(a) A six-week program at M.I.T.
(b) A science seminar at Stanford.
(c) An internship at the Supreme Court.
(d) A summer session at Brown University.

4. What type of college does Cedric wish to attend?
(a) An all black college.
(b) A college in California.
(c) Ivy League.
(d) A college that caters to kids from the ghetto.

5. How many white students attend Ballou?
(a) 25.
(b) None.
(c) 100.
(d) 563.

Short Answer Questions

1. What old friend from Jefferson does Cedric call from M.I.T.?

2. Where does Trilling suggest Cedric apply to college?

3. Where does Barbara grow up?

4. Why does Cedric have to buy a bathing suit while at M.I.T.?

5. Why does Cedric avoid Delante "Head" Coleman?

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