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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?
(a) He is robbed and attacked near his apartment.
(b) He is attacked on the bus and his school books are stolen.
(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.

2. Where does Cedric hide during the assembly?
(a) A deserted chemistry classroom.
(b) He went home.
(c) In the principal's office.
(d) In the locker room.

3. Where does Cedric go to elementary school?
(a) Ballou Elementary.
(b) Jefferson Elementary.
(c) Harley Thomas Blount Elementary.
(d) Henry T. Blow Elementary.

4. What does Cedric Gillian tell Barbara when she is pregnant?
(a) Either the baby or me.
(b) Congratulations.
(c) Let's get a bigger place to live.
(d) You can quit work after the baby comes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Cedric learn at Jefferson compared to Ballou?

2. For what career is Phillip Atkins tagged by teachers?

3. Why does Cedric's father beat him?

4. For what summer program does Cedric apply?

5. What worries Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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