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

2. 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.

3. Why is Cedric Gilliam hiding out as Cedric gets ready to attend college?
(a) He has had a dirty urine test.
(b) He stole some drugs.
(c) He owes some men some money.
(d) His girlfriend found him with another woman.

4. Who is the faculty director of the M.I.T. program?
(a) Professor Leonard Trustworthy.
(b) Professor Leon Trilling.
(c) Professor Lionel Rowan.
(d) Professor Bill Ramsey.

5. Where does Cedric go after Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) To see LaTisha.
(b) To Harvard to see friends from the M.I.T. program.
(c) Back to Brown.
(d) To visit his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bishop Long end the church service on Cedric's last Sunday?

2. What appetizer is Cedric served when he eats dinner with his sister and mother on parents' weekend?

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

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

5. Where do Rob and his parents go for parent's weekend?

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