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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 14 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What of Bix's does Jerome have?
(a) Bix's notebook.
(b) Bix's assurances.
(c) Bix's poetry.
(d) Bix's best baseball cleats.

2. Who has to sign Jerome's drop form?
(a) Mr. Egglestobs.
(b) The basketball coach.
(c) Jerome's French teacher.
(d) The principal.

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

4. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) Fun.
(d) Misguided.

5. Why does Jerome cut off a pair of his pants?
(a) To protest treatment from a teacher.
(b) Because of the heat in the classroom.
(c) To try out for the basketball team.
(d) To make some of the white kids laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maurice go off to college to do?

2. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?

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

4. What will be unique about Jerome's situation?

5. What class is it suggested that Jerome take?

(see the answer key)

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