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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 do the other students do after Cedric's talk with Trilling?
(a) Tell him they care and encourage him to stay to the end.
(b) Tell him he might as well leave now.
(c) Make fun of him.
(d) Help him pack.

2. Where does Cedric decide to apply to college?
(a) UDC.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Howard.
(d) Brown.

3. Where does Cedric hide during the assembly?
(a) In the principal's office.
(b) In the locker room.
(c) A deserted chemistry classroom.
(d) He went home.

4. In the first chapter, what happens as Cedric waits at the bus stop?
(a) Cedric is pushed down and his books torn.
(b) A boy grabs another boy and puts a pistol to his head.
(c) A student is arrested for dealing drugs.
(d) A boy is knifed.

5. What impresses Barbara about Cedric Gilliam?
(a) He has never been in prison.
(b) He dresses nicely.
(c) He works hard.
(d) He has a bachelor's degree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Cedric's dorm?

2. Which classmate of Cedric's is killed in a robbery at McDonalds?

3. Why does Cedric avoid Delante "Head" Coleman?

4. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?

5. Why does Cedric's mother not want him to wear a leather jacket?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have things been so confusing for Cedric the fall of his senior year?

2. How does Rob feel about having Cedric for a roommate?

3. What are Barbara's early years like?

4. Who is Cedric's father and how does he react when Cedric is conceived?

5. Who is Cedric's roommate? What is his background?

6. Why does Cedric arrive at school by 6:30 a.m. most mornings?

7. How do Cedric and Rob spend their first afternoon together?

8. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?

9. Who is James Davis?

10. Why does Phillip Atkins change from good student to class clown?

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