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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pretender.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cedric do at church one day when singing in the choir?
(a) Forgot his choir robe.
(b) Forgot to spit out his gum.
(c) Made fun of the choir director.
(d) Stepped up to sing a solo.

2. What grade upsets Cedric his senior year?
(a) A C in Physics.
(b) A B in Physics.
(c) A B in History.
(d) A B in English.

3. Where does Cedric Gilliam want to take Cedric the summer after graduation?
(a) To a movie.
(b) Budweiser Concert Series.
(c) To dinner.
(d) To a ball game.

4. Who is the faculty director of the M.I.T. program?
(a) Professor Leon Trilling.
(b) Professor Leonard Trustworthy.
(c) Professor Bill Ramsey.
(d) Professor Lionel Rowan.

5. Why are there very few athletes at Ballou?
(a) The 2.75 required grade point average is too high for most students.
(b) Most students do not want to work that hard.
(c) The 2.0 required grade point average is too high for most students.
(d) Most of the students are on drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?

2. Where does Trilling suggest Cedric apply to college?

3. What is Cedric's summer job before college?

4. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?

5. Why will a woman from church be honored with a queen-for-a-day ceremony?

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