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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. Where do Cedric and his family eat dinner during parents' weekend?
(a) Zooma.
(b) El Principe.
(c) Aspire.
(d) Adesso.

2. Who besides Cedric attends Alumni Day?
(a) Most of the previous year's seniors and all the teachers.
(b) One or two students and a few teachers.
(c) A few teachers.
(d) Ten or so seniors, half a dozen graduates, and about twenty teachers.

3. What is a new addition at Ballou the fall of 1995?
(a) Security guards in every classroom.
(b) Police officers in the halls.
(c) Armed security guards.
(d) Metal detector.

4. Why do minority students not seek out counseling or tutoring?
(a) Afraid doing so will reveal a second-class status.
(b) Do not realize it is available.
(c) Pride.
(d) It costs extra.

5. How much money does Barbara owe in back rent when Cedric comes home for the summer?
(a) $11,215.
(b) $630.
(c) $2,790.
(d) $3,450.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will Rob do sophomore year?

2. What does Cedric watch on television the night of Rob's birthday party?

3. What does Cedric have at home for Thanksgiving?

4. What are Zayd Dohrn's parents occupations?

5. What does Zayd write during first semester?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cedric realize about the teacher he observed at Slater?

2. What advice does the Psychology teacher give Cedric?

3. Why does Cedric write a poem instead of a paper for Wakefield's class?

4. Describe Barbara's visit on parents' weekend.

5. How does Cedric pay for incidentals at college?

6. How do Cedric and Rob come to an agreement about music in their dorm room?

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

8. How is LaTisha doing at college?

9. In Chapter 10, why do Rob and Cedric change the music rules?

10. Describe Helaine Schupack. Why is Cedric seeing her?

(see the answer keys)

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