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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses Barbara about Cedric Gilliam?
(a) He works hard.
(b) He has never been in prison.
(c) He dresses nicely.
(d) He has a bachelor's degree.

2. What is Cedric searching for right before he leaves for college?
(a) His remote control for the television.
(b) His leather jacket.
(c) His CD player.
(d) His calculator.

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

4. Why does Cedric go to the PTSA meeting?
(a) He wants to get his grades early.
(b) His mother does not want to go alone.
(c) He has to speak.
(d) He has always gone and does not want to miss his last meeting.

5. Who takes Cedric's calculator in math class?
(a) Lawan Foster.
(b) Jack Davis.
(c) Phillip Atkins.
(d) James Davis.

6. What is Cedric's summer job before college?
(a) He does not have a summer job
(b) Cleaning the high school.
(c) Working at McDonalds.
(d) An internship at Price Waterhouse Accounting.

7. Where does Barbara grow up?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) 18th St.
(c) Maryland.
(d) 15th St.

8. What is the amazing thing mentioned by the teacher in SAT-PREP class?
(a) All the students turned in their homework.
(b) Cedric turned in his vocabulary cards and no one else did.
(c) All the students got high scores on the SAT.
(d) Ten students turned in their homework.

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

10. Which student at M.I.T. does Cedric ask to help him?
(a) Isa Williams.
(b) Micah Mitchell.
(c) Jenica Dover.
(d) Andrew Parker.

11. Why does Cedric give a speech at graduation?
(a) He is asked to give the welcome speech.
(b) He is salutatorian.
(c) He is class president.
(d) He is valedictorian.

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

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

14. What old friend from Jefferson does Cedric call from M.I.T.?
(a) Torrence Parks.
(b) David Smith.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Philip Atkins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade upsets Cedric his senior year?

2. What advanced level class is Cedric taking at M.I.T.?

3. Who is Cedric's benefactor?

4. Where does Cedric go to junior high?

5. Where does Cedric decide to apply to college?

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