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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Trilling suggest Cedric apply to college?
(a) Howard University or University of Maryland.
(b) Stanford or Florida State University.
(c) M.I.T. or Harvard.
(d) Harvard or Brown.

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

3. How do Cedric's SAT scores compare to the other students at M.I.T.?
(a) His scores are about the same as the other students' scores are.
(b) His scores are much lower than the other students' scores are.
(c) His scores are higher than the other students' scores are.
(d) His scores are lower than the other students' scores are, but only by a few points.

4. What type of college does Cedric wish to attend?
(a) Ivy League.
(b) An all black college.
(c) A college that caters to kids from the ghetto.
(d) A college in California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?

2. Where does LaTisha plan to go to college?

3. What acronym is used to describe the high school students in the M.I.T. summer program?

4. What happens to students listed on the "Wall of Honor?"

5. What work release job does Cedric Gillian have?

(see the answer key)

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