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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bursting Heart.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Cedric's mother refuse to buy him a pair of extra-baggy khaki-colored pants?
(a) They remind her of Cedric's father.
(b) She says that the pants symbolize bad things.
(c) She does not have the money.
(d) She thinks he should buy a pair of black pants.

3. Why does Cedric need a request form signed by Professor James?
(a) So he can take another class.
(b) So he can audit a class.
(c) So he can drop a class.
(d) So he can observe a school in Providence.

4. How many points does Cedric raise his SAT score when he takes it again?
(a) 200 points.
(b) 50 points.
(c) 1,000 points.
(d) None, his score was lower.

5. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?
(a) His grandmother is black.
(b) He is 1/128 Potawatomi Indian.
(c) His great-grandfather is black.
(d) His grandfather is Asian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, what happens as Cedric waits at the bus stop?

2. When does Cedric first meet his father?

3. How many white students attend Ballou?

4. Where will Cedric eat Thanksgiving dinner?

5. What does Cedric do for his eighteenth birthday?

(see the answer key)

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