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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do students whose parents cannot come for parents' weekend do?
(a) Spend time with a professor and his family.
(b) Go to lunch or dinner with a roommate's family.
(c) Spend time with their faculty advisor.
(d) Mope around the campus.

2. What does Zayd write during first semester?
(a) A one-act play.
(b) A short story.
(c) A racy script for playwriting class.
(d) A comedy.

3. What appetizer is Cedric served when he eats dinner with his sister and mother on parents' weekend?
(a) Beet flan.
(b) Oysters on the half shell.
(c) Escargot.
(d) Shrimp cocktail.

4. Why is Cedric attending Alumni Day at Ballou?
(a) He has been asked to speak.
(b) His mother asked him to.
(c) He is looking forward to seeing old friends.
(d) He wants to see his old teachers.

5. Who does Barbara tell Cedric to call collect?
(a) Bishop Long.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) The principal of Ballou.
(d) Dr. Korb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class is Cedric dropping after mid-terms?

2. In May, what started another fight between Cedric and Rob?

3. Who is the teacher of the class Cedric observes?

4. Where is Zayd spending the summer after the freshman year?

5. Why is Larry Wakeford teaching at Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does the Psychology teacher give Cedric?

2. Why does Cedric decide to take five classes second semester?

3. What happens several days after Cedric comes home for the summer?

4. How will things change for Cedric second semester?

5. Why do Zayd and Cedric become friends again?

6. How does Cedric pay for incidentals at college?

7. Why after a month of college, is Cedric's chin barely above the waterline?

8. What causes Cedric to go talk to Rachel Edy, a peer counselor?

9. Why does Cedric return to Ballou over Christmas break?

10. What are Cedric and Rob fighting about in May?

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