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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 11 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bix's stepfather busy gathering?
(a) Information about where Bix's mother could be.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Testimony against his business partner.

2. Who shows up in the middle of the game that Jerome is describing?
(a) A police office.
(b) A tall, handsome white man.
(c) A few gang members.
(d) A beautiful white woman.

3. What does Jerome's mother ask him one day?
(a) If he is sad.
(b) If he is angry at the world.
(c) If he wants to be something when he grows up.
(d) Why he is talking to himself.

4. Who is the first person to notice Jerome's behavior?
(a) Bix.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

5. About what does the visitor to Jerome's home assure Jerome?
(a) The fact that Jerome can be a wonderful ambassador for blacks.
(b) The fact that Jerome can always return to his former school.
(c) The quality of the education Jerome can expect at his new school.
(d) The fact that Jerome's fellow students in his former school are very proud of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jerome characterize Mr. Eggelestobbs?

2. Which team is doing best in the black/white game initially?

3. What happens when Bix gets angry?

4. What does Jerome later find out when he first thought things were back to being right in his secret place?

5. Who accompanies Jerome most summer days?

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