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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 girls suggest about the best looking pie?
(a) It be baked first.
(b) It be given to the football team.
(c) It be given to the principal.
(d) It be given to the basketball team.

2. What was Bix's mother's response to Bix saying he did not love her?
(a) She laughs.
(b) Attempted suicide.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She says she does not love Bix.

3. What makes Jerome nervous as he is headed towards his favorite court?
(a) He is afraid of losing his way in the dark.
(b) He does not know if those drug dealers he saw before will be there.
(c) He is afraid of encountering some KKK members.
(d) The path is dark.

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

5. What is Jerome unable to restrain after a few minutes of hiding in the dark?
(a) His anger.
(b) His happiness.
(c) His fear.
(d) His laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome hear as he is approaching the court?

2. What does Jerome ask the Home Economics teacher?

3. How does Bix seem in Home Economics class?

4. What does Jerome notice about Bix's shoes?

5. What does Bix call what he does with the lantern?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wins the best pie contest and what are the girls' reactions?

2. Why does Jerome have to find a new place to practice basketball?

3. How does Jerome win a lantern?

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

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

6. How does Bix make steps towards a friendship with Jerome?

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

8. What does Bix do in the Home Economics class that is disturbing?

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

10. Where does Jerome find a new place to practice basketball?

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