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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. What does Jerome imagine while he is practicing by himself on the basketball court?
(a) Playing against Bix.
(b) A scout seeing him.
(c) Getting on the high school team.
(d) Playing for the pros.

2. What is counting quietly as Jerome approaches the basketball court?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Jerome's brother Maurice.
(c) Jerome.
(d) An unknown voice.

3. What is Bix's stepfather doing as Jerome leaves?
(a) Sitting on a bench with his head in his hands.
(b) Shooting baskets in the dark.
(c) Sitting on a bench crying.
(d) Shouting at Bix.

4. What does Jerome take with him to his favorite basketball court?
(a) His new lantern.
(b) A new basketball.
(c) A whistle to scare the dogs.
(d) His dinner in a paper sack.

5. Who is at the basketball court when Jerome arrives for the challenge?
(a) No one.
(b) Bix's mother and stepfather.
(c) Bix.
(d) Bix's stepfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can Jerome use his secluded basketball court now?

2. What does Bix do the next week at school?

3. For what is Bobo in line?

4. How does Jerome feel about learning who his partner is?

5. What is Jerome unable to restrain after a few minutes of hiding in the dark?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jerome discover who is at "his" court one night?

2. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?

3. What makes Jerome realize Bix is in real trouble?

4. How does Jerome's new lantern help him with his basketball practice?

5. How does Jerome win a lantern?

6. What does Jerome look forward to in his Home Economics class, and what surprises him when he arrives there?

7. Who is watching Jerome one day as he is practicing and what does Jerome do?

8. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?

9. How is Jerome's Home Economics class helping him and what are his brothers' reactions?

10. How does Jerome feel going down the path to the court at night and what exacerbates those feelings?

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