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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 8 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is hidden in a grove of trees?
(a) A gang hideout.
(b) A hangout for Jerome and his friends.
(c) A basketball court.
(d) A skeleton.

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

3. What is one thing about Bix Rivers to which Jerome refers?
(a) His talent for seeing the truth.
(b) His disappearance.
(c) His rebellion against authority.
(d) His talent for singing.

4. What does Jerome want to do in church?
(a) Answer the altar call.
(b) Tell the truth about Bix.
(c) Sing a solo.
(d) He does not go to church.

5. About what is Jerome angry?
(a) That Bix's stepfather lies about Bix.
(b) That Bix's mother deserted him.
(c) The way Bix is talked about in church.
(d) That Bix does not tell Jerome where Bix is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two trucks who arrive at the game carry?

2. What tune does the horn of one of the trucks play?

3. What is the narrator's name?

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

5. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?

(see the answer key)

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