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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Barbara have to turn around and go back to the campus?
(a) He forgot his jacket.
(b) She forgot to tell him something.
(c) She found his calculator.
(d) She forgot to give Cedric money.

2. Why are there very few athletes at Ballou?
(a) Most of the students are on drugs.
(b) The 2.75 required grade point average is too high for most students.
(c) Most students do not want to work that hard.
(d) The 2.0 required grade point average is too high for most students.

3. What is Cedric's birth date?
(a) July 24, 1979.
(b) July 24, 1977.
(c) December 24, 1977.
(d) April 24, 1977.

4. How does Bishop Long end the church service on Cedric's last Sunday?
(a) With a special song sung by the choir.
(b) With a gospel song.
(c) With communion.
(d) With an offering.

5. What work release job does Cedric Gillian have?
(a) Working at a meat packing plant.
(b) Cutting hair at a barbershop.
(c) Working as an accountant in a bank.
(d) Washing dishes at a restaurant.

6. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?
(a) Mayor Matthew Barron.
(b) Mayor David Andrews.
(c) Mayor Marion Barry.
(d) Mayor Rudy Giuliani

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

8. What does Cedric do for his eighteenth birthday?
(a) He does not do anything special.
(b) He eats takeout spare ribs.
(c) He has a party with his family.
(d) He has a big party with classmates.

9. How many points does Cedric raise his SAT score when he takes it again?
(a) 1,000 points.
(b) 200 points.
(c) 50 points.
(d) None, his score was lower.

10. What percent of Brown's student body is black?
(a) 6.5%.
(b) 15%.
(c) .8%.
(d) 23%.

11. Where does Cedric decide to apply to college?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Howard.
(c) Brown.
(d) UDC.

12. Who is the new principal Cedric's senior year?
(a) Dr. Kenneth Jones.
(b) Dr. James Kent.
(c) Dr. Carlton James.
(d) Dr. Charles Johnson.

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

14. Who is Cedric's academic advisor in college?
(a) Professor Brian Davidson.
(b) Professor Riddley Smith.
(c) Professor Tom James.
(d) Professor Robert Pelcovits.

15. Who has offered to tutor Cedric before he retakes the SATs in October?
(a) Rev. Keels, a science teacher.
(b) The principal.
(c) Miss Jones, an English teacher.
(d) Mr. Taylor, the chemistry teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cedric's mother work?

2. Why does Cedric's father beat him?

3. Which student at M.I.T. does Cedric ask to help him?

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

5. Where does Barbara grow up?

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