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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Cedric finishes his Alumni Day speech, what does he see on a step?
(a) Textbooks.
(b) Dried blood.
(c) Students making out.
(d) Trash.

2. What does Rob get that helps with the music problem in the dorm room?
(a) $100 earphones.
(b) A new stereo.
(c) A different television set.
(d) Noise cancelling earplugs.

3. Who is Cedric's tutor?
(a) A senior at Brown.
(b) Helen Smithson.
(c) His faculty advisor.
(d) Helaine Schupack.

4. How much money does Barbara owe in back rent when Cedric comes home for the summer?
(a) $2,790.
(b) $3,450.
(c) $630.
(d) $11,215.

5. What does Cedric do on Saturday nights the first month at college?
(a) Do things with Chiniqua.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Hang out with his roommate.
(d) Go to parties.

6. What island has Cedric never heard of?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Mackinaw Island.

7. Where do Zayd and Cedric often go when they get off College Hill?
(a) To a mall.
(b) To a restaurant.
(c) To a professor's home.
(d) To a bar.

8. Who gives a concert at Brown on the final blowout weekend?
(a) Mayhem.
(b) Roberta Flack.
(c) Fugees.
(d) Venon.

9. How does Phillip Arden's father get to Brown for parent's weekend?
(a) Flew in on his Lear jet.
(b) Commercial airline.
(c) Drove his Lexus.
(d) Drove his Mercedes.

10. What do students whose parents cannot come for parents' weekend do?
(a) Spend time with their faculty advisor.
(b) Go to lunch or dinner with a roommate's family.
(c) Spend time with a professor and his family.
(d) Mope around the campus.

11. What bothers Cedric about the teacher in the class he observes?
(a) The teacher keeps sending Cedric on pointless errands.
(b) Does not know the subject matter.
(c) The teacher will not talk to Cedric.
(d) Writes the kids off without giving them a chance.

12. What does Cedric smell everywhere at Ballou on Alumni Day?
(a) Despair.
(b) Body odor.
(c) Trash.
(d) Drugs.

13. Who sends Cedric $200 a month?
(a) Dr. Korb.
(b) Clarence Thomas.
(c) His mother.
(d) The I Have a Dream Foundation.

14. What grade does Cedric get on his calculus mid-term?
(a) 55.
(b) 89.
(c) 98.
(d) 30.

15. What does Cedric decide after speaking at Alumni Day?
(a) That he will not be back until he graduates from college.
(b) That he will be back again next year.
(c) That he will be back when he has earned a doctorate degree.
(d) That he will never come back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cedric have at home for Thanksgiving?

2. How many classes does Cedric plan to take second semester?

3. What will Rob do sophomore year?

4. Why do minority students not seek out counseling or tutoring?

5. Where is Cedric Gilliam going the day after Cedric's visit?

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