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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Place Up Ahead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is LaTisha doing at college?
(a) She has dropped out.
(b) She is struggling and will only take two classes next semester.
(c) She is getting all As.
(d) She is transferring to a better school.

2. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?
(a) Mayor Marion Barry.
(b) Mayor Matthew Barron.
(c) Mayor Rudy Giuliani
(d) Mayor David Andrews.

3. Who does Barbara tell Cedric to call collect?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Dr. Korb.
(c) The principal of Ballou.
(d) Bishop Long.

4. What is the amazing thing mentioned by the teacher in SAT-PREP class?
(a) Ten students turned in their homework.
(b) Cedric turned in his vocabulary cards and no one else did.
(c) All the students got high scores on the SAT.
(d) All the students turned in their homework.

5. Why is Larry Wakeford teaching at Brown?
(a) Brown offers three-year stints to high school teachers.
(b) He teaches for a year at a time at various Ivy League colleges.
(c) He is a Brown graduate.
(d) He recently received his doctorate degree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a middle manager at the Department of Agriculture say when Barbara tells him Cedric is at Brown?

2. What are Zayd Dohrn's parents occupations?

3. What type of college does Cedric wish to attend?

4. How does Bishop Long end the church service on Cedric's last Sunday?

5. Where do Zayd and Cedric go shopping after they become friends again in "A Place Up Ahead"?

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