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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Trilling suggest Cedric apply to college?
(a) Harvard or Brown.
(b) Stanford or Florida State University.
(c) Howard University or University of Maryland.
(d) M.I.T. or Harvard.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where is Phillip Atkins working?
(a) Working in a mailroom.
(b) Working at Price Waterhouse.
(c) Working at McDonalds.
(d) Working at Burger King.

9. Where does Cedric go to elementary school?
(a) Harley Thomas Blount Elementary.
(b) Jefferson Elementary.
(c) Henry T. Blow Elementary.
(d) Ballou Elementary.

10. Who is the leader of these fifteen hundred men?
(a) Clarence Thomas.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) Malcolm X.

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

12. With whom does Cedric usually eat lunch?
(a) Phillip Atkins.
(b) Joanne Nelson.
(c) LaTisha Williams.
(d) LaCountiss Spinner.

13. What teacher mentors Cedric throughout his high school career?
(a) Mr. Washington.
(b) Mr. Travis.
(c) Miss Watkins.
(d) Mr. Taylor.

14. Who asks to see Cedric after reading a story about him in the "Wall Street Journal"?
(a) President Bush.
(b) The principal at Ballou.
(c) Justice Clarence Thomas.
(d) Bishop Long.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Cedric first meet his father?

2. What percent of Brown's student body is black?

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

4. Who is Cedric's benefactor?

5. What grade upsets Cedric his senior year?

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