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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cedric find waiting at home after a long night at church?
(a) Acceptance to the M.I.T. summer program.
(b) His two sisters.
(c) His father.
(d) A check to buy books.

2. 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.

3. What does Cedric do before mailing his college application?
(a) Sang a gospel song.
(b) Reminisced.
(c) Prayed.
(d) Meditated.

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

5. What do Cedric and his family do his last night home before college?
(a) Go to a ball game.
(b) Go to a restaurant.
(c) Go to a movie.
(d) Have a family dinner.

6. Why does Cedric's father beat him?
(a) Cedric was disrespectful to his grandmother.
(b) Cedric stole coins.
(c) Cedric was disrespectful.
(d) Cedric got a bad report card.

7. What happens to students listed on the "Wall of Honor?"
(a) They get special job internships.
(b) They are honored by other students.
(c) They become possible targets of violence.
(d) They go on special field trips.

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

9. Why has Cedric not been eating in the cafeteria during orientation?
(a) He spent all the money his mother gave him.
(b) He does not feel comfortable eating in the cafeteria.
(c) He does not have the money to eat there.
(d) He lost his temporary ID.

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

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

12. 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.

13. What do the M.I.T. kids give Cedric for his birthday?
(a) A big birthday party.
(b) A M.I.T. sweatshirt.
(c) A ghetto bag.
(d) A cassette tape.

14. In the first chapter, what happens as Cedric waits at the bus stop?
(a) Cedric is pushed down and his books torn.
(b) A boy grabs another boy and puts a pistol to his head.
(c) A boy is knifed.
(d) A student is arrested for dealing drugs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Barbara at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What work release job does Cedric Gillian have?

3. Who receives as many awards as Cedric does?

4. Why are most of the classes that Cedric takes at Ballou not very challenging?

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

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