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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Goodbye to Yesterday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Barbara about Cedric Gilliam?
(a) He has a bachelor's degree.
(b) He works hard.
(c) He dresses nicely.
(d) He has never been in prison.

2. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?
(a) He is robbed and attacked near his apartment.
(b) He is not allowed to sing solos and loses his place at Jefferson Junior High.
(c) He is attacked on the bus and his school books are stolen.
(d) He loses his best friend and his father goes back to jail.

3. Where does Barbara grow up?
(a) 15th St.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Maryland.
(d) 18th St.

4. When does Cedric first meet his father?
(a) When he was in high school.
(b) When he was seven.
(c) When he was two.
(d) When he was in junior high.

5. Where does Cedric decide to apply to college?
(a) UDC.
(b) Brown.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cedric find waiting at home after a long night at church?

2. With whom does Cedric usually eat lunch?

3. What score does Cedric get on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test?

4. What worries Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. Who runs the M.I.T. program?

(see the answer key)

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