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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skin Deep.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) A problem at work.
(b) Cedric's grades.
(c) The neighborhood she lives in.
(d) The rent is due.

2. How much does Cedric learn at Jefferson compared to Ballou?
(a) He learned more in a year there than two or three at Ballou.
(b) He took more advanced classes there.
(c) He learns about the same at Jefferson as at Ballou.
(d) He learned about half as much at Jefferson as at Ballou.

3. Why does Cedric have to buy a bathing suit while at M.I.T.?
(a) So he can swim in the college pool.
(b) The kids are going to Cape Cod.
(c) The kids are having a swimming competition.
(d) The kids are going to the ocean.

4. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?
(a) His great-grandfather is black.
(b) His grandfather is Asian.
(c) His grandmother is black.
(d) He is 1/128 Potawatomi Indian.

5. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?
(a) He is attacked on the bus and his school books are stolen.
(b) He is robbed and attacked near his apartment.
(c) He is not allowed to sing solos and loses his place at Jefferson Junior High.
(d) He loses his best friend and his father goes back to jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what summer program does Cedric apply?

2. Where does Cedric's mother work?

3. Who is the faculty director of the M.I.T. program?

4. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?

5. What old friend from Jefferson does Cedric call from M.I.T.?

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