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

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

3. What class is it suggested that Jerome take?
(a) Art.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Shop.
(d) Home Economics.

4. What is "You LIke It, It Likes You"?
(a) The Schwinn slogan.
(b) The Seven-Up slogan.
(c) The Coca-Cola slogan.
(d) The Westinghouse slogan.

5. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?
(a) Bix.
(b) Himself.
(c) Maurice.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what does Jerome's Communications teacher lecture Jerome?

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

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

5. Why does Jerome do that keeps the white students from bothering him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two reasons Jerome gives for being the one to tell Bix's story?

2. What does Jerome's former principal say when he visits Jerome and his momma?

3. What does the driver of the grill truck say to Jerome?

4. What does Jerome say about the white sports league versus the black one?

5. What other things does Jerome write about this secret court?

6. Who does the narrator, Jerome, introduce and what does he say about where the young man is?

7. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?

8. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

9. Who accompanies Jerome to the basketball court one day and how does Jerome feel about that?

10. What does Jerome say about the situation about attending Chestnut Street Junior High School, and how does his momma react?

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