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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Sections 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do Jerome and his mother prepare?
(a) A pre-school party.
(b) The start of school as always.
(c) Jerome's father's absence for several months.
(d) A basketball tournament.

2. What does Jerome ask the counselor about the boy she calls "poor thing"?
(a) If he has a mother.
(b) If he is black.
(c) If he is new to the school.
(d) If he is in the same home situation as Jerome.

3. What does Bix's stepfather say affected Bix's relationship with his mother?
(a) Bix's obsession with his mother being something she is not.
(b) Bix's obstinacy.
(c) Bix's refusal to give in ever.
(d) Bix's obsession with the truth.

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

5. How old is Bix when he runs away?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Jerome sneaks into Bix's room?

2. What does Jerome try to convince Bix Jerome was doing?

3. What does Jerome say about his mother's interactions with other people?

4. Where did Bix get the basketball he has with him?

5. What was Bix's mother's response to Bix saying he did not love her?

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