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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bursting Heart.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many white students attend Ballou?
(a) 100.
(b) 563.
(c) 25.
(d) None.

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

3. Who is Cedric's college roommate?
(a) Rob Burton.
(b) David Brown.
(c) Phillip Atkins.
(d) Stephen White.

4. 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.

5. For what summer program does Cedric apply?
(a) A science seminar at Stanford.
(b) A six-week program at M.I.T.
(c) An internship at the Supreme Court.
(d) A summer session at Brown University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What teacher mentors Cedric throughout his high school career?

2. Why has Cedric not been eating in the cafeteria during orientation?

3. Who receives as many awards as Cedric does?

4. What does Cedric do for his eighteenth birthday?

5. One October evening, why does Rob yell at Cedric?

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