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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Jerome's Communications teacher lecture Jerome?
(a) That communications will ensure Jerome's acceptance into college.
(b) How athletics prevents Jerome from discovering the truth about himself.
(c) That boys who much learn to cook do not belong on the basketball court.
(d) That communication is the cornerstone of success.

2. Where does Jerome spend most of his summers?
(a) At the secret basketball court.
(b) At the black swimming pool.
(c) In the black neighborhood park.
(d) In the library.

3. Who does Jerome say smiles politely when the person shows up?
(a) Maurice.
(b) The coach of the black team.
(c) The coach of the white team.
(d) Bix.

4. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Jeb.
(c) Bix.
(d) Jerome.

5. For what class is Jerome late?
(a) History.
(b) Shop.
(c) Home Economics.
(d) Algebra.

6. About what does Jerome say his mother is angry?
(a) At Jerome's father's job change.
(b) At Jerome's odd behavior.
(c) At the school integration situation.
(d) At Maurice's choice.

7. What does Jerome later find out when he first thought things were back to being right in his secret place?
(a) Many boys knew about the secret place.
(b) The secret place is owned by a white racists.
(c) The secret place is about to be torn up.
(d) They were not right.

8. What new laws are in effect that will affect Jerome?
(a) Integration.
(b) None.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Separate but equal.

9. With whom does Miss Pimton suggest Jerome partner?
(a) No one.
(b) Baxter.
(c) Matty Sue.
(d) Jackson.

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

11. Who does the man with whom Jerome say he is?
(a) The main detective in the local precinct.
(b) The baseball coach at the white high school.
(c) The owner of the ball field.
(d) The owner of the Seven-Up plant.

12. What does Jerome eventually recover?
(a) His sense of honor.
(b) His belief in Bix's goodness.
(c) His belief in his father's wisdom.
(d) His sense of privacy.

13. Why is Mattie Sue happy about Jerome's arrival in Home Economics class?
(a) So Jerome will partner with Baxter.
(b) Her parents are supporters of the civil rights movement.
(c) So she can get out of cooking a cake that day.
(d) So Jerome will partner with Jackson.

14. Upon what does Jerome's mother focus concerning other people?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Whether they go to church.
(c) Their occupations.
(d) Who they are and what they do.

15. Who makes a spectacular play that sends the black team to the bench?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Bix.
(c) Joey.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the effect of the person going with Jerome?

3. Who calls Jerome in to talk with him?

4. Who does Jerome look for but cannot find?

5. Who accompanies Jerome most summer days?

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