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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 14 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?
(a) Since they were five.
(b) The three years of high school.
(c) About a year.
(d) Since they were babies.

2. What could Jerome and everyone else in the stands see about one of the spectators?
(a) The person is blind.
(b) The person is very wealthy.
(c) Something was going on other than just cheering.
(d) The person knows nothing about baseball.

3. Where is Bix's mother?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) No one knows.
(d) An insane asylum.

4. What does the person do who shows up in the middle of the game?
(a) Picks a fight with some of the ball players.
(b) Cheers for Bix.
(c) Arrests one of the spectators.
(d) Cheers for Maurice.

5. What does Jerome ask the counselor about the boy she calls "poor thing"?
(a) If he has a mother.
(b) If he is new to the school.
(c) If he is black.
(d) If he is in the same home situation as Jerome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mattie Sue happy about Jerome's arrival in Home Economics class?

2. Where is it possible to play basketball both summer and winter?

3. What happens to Jerome's mother?

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

5. What new laws are in effect that will affect Jerome?

(see the answer key)

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