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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 was the average grade that Cassius would receive in school?
(a) 69.
(b) 72.
(c) 75.
(d) 74.

2. How much money did Cassius bet on Gorgeous George during a Saturday boxing show?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 25 cent.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) 50 cents.

3. On February 25, 1958, who did Cassius Clay fight?
(a) Jimmy Wilde.
(b) Mickey Walker.
(c) Francis Turley.
(d) Archie Moore.

4. On February 25, 1958, how many of the judges determined that Cassius won his match?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) All of them.
(d) 5.

5. In a story Granddaddy Herman told Cassius, where did Tom the Slave escape to?
(a) London.
(b) Canada.
(c) Montana.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cassius got his new Schwinn bicycle, how many times did he go up and down the block with Teenie on the handlebars?

2. Who did Cassius fight on February 26, 1958?

3. What did everybody call Jake's brother?

4. Where was Frank Turley from?

5. What food smells could be detected in February 1958 in the Clay living room?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Round One," where was Cassius, and what was he doing?

2. What could Lucky smell as he and the other waited for the phone to ring in "Round One"?

3. In "Round Four," what odd jobs could Cassius and his friends get?

4. What did Lucky remember about mornings when the school bus would pick them up for school?

5. Why did Lucky call Cassius his personal superman in "Round Three"?

6. What happened to Tall Bubba?

7. In "Mystery," what did Cassius and Rudy run into?

8. Where did Cassius and Lucky live?

9. What conversation did Cassius have with Tall Bubba when they saw him at the Rainbow?

10. What did Lucky say he and 20 others were doing in "Round One"?

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