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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rise and Shine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What classes offer Cedric some competition in high school?
(a) Computer Science and language arts.
(b) Math and science.
(c) English and history.
(d) English and science.

3. Why does Cedric's mother refuse to buy him a pair of extra-baggy khaki-colored pants?
(a) She thinks he should buy a pair of black pants.
(b) She says that the pants symbolize bad things.
(c) She does not have the money.
(d) They remind her of Cedric's father.

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

5. When does Cedric first meet his father?
(a) When he was in junior high.
(b) When he was seven.
(c) When he was two.
(d) When he was in high school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cedric find waiting at home after a long night at church?

2. Where does Cedric's mother work?

3. Where does Barbara grow up?

4. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?

5. Why are most of the classes that Cedric takes at Ballou not very challenging?

(see the answer key)

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