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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. With whom does Jerome speak after the ball game?
(a) The police officer.
(b) The white coach.
(c) The driver of the drink truck.
(d) The driver of the grill truck.

2. Who sponsors the white team that traditionally visits a black team at the beginning of the season?
(a) Westinghouse.
(b) Coca-Cola.
(c) Seven-Up.
(d) Dr. Pepper.

3. What is the effect of the person going with Jerome?
(a) Jerome sees his brother as a real person.
(b) Jerome sees his father as a real person.
(c) It ruins his secret place for a while.
(d) Jerome does not see Bix as a white boy.

4. What does the counselor tell Jerome about his new class?
(a) He will have to stay after school to catch up for a week.
(b) He will have to get his mother's permission to take the class.
(c) He will not be the only boy in the class.
(d) He will be the only boy in the class.

5. What do the boys trying out for the basketball team already have?
(a) The coach's approval.
(b) Places on the team.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Uniforms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome realize after his mother asks him a question about his behavior?

2. What is Bix's stepfather busy gathering?

3. What does one of the white players say after the pick up game?

4. In what city does Jerome live?

5. What difference does Jerome describe concerning sports leagues?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things written in Bix's notebook?

2. Describe Jerome's attempt to be accepted on the basketball team.

3. What does Jerome's momma point out to him one day and how does he react?

4. How do Miss Pimton and the girls in Jerome's new class react to his arrival in the classroom and who is assigned to be his partner?

5. What is Jerome doing the night he meets Bix?

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

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

8. Who shows up to cheer for Bix, and what are Jerome's observations about her and Bix's reaction to her?

9. What does Jerome say about his French and Communications classes?

10. What new responsibilities does Jerome assume at home and who talks to Jerome about this?

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