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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the last thing Barbara hands Cedric before she starts to drive back home?
(a) His cap.
(b) A shirt.
(c) A book.
(d) His deodorant.

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

4. Why are most of the classes that Cedric takes at Ballou not very challenging?
(a) The teachers are not well versed in their subjects.
(b) The school board will not purchase new textbooks.
(c) The students are so rowdy, the teachers cannot teach.
(d) Passing grades are awarded simply for coming to class.

5. What acronym is used to describe the high school students in the M.I.T. summer program?
(a) Mighty Mites.
(b) Mit Students.
(c) Mite Students.
(d) Mit Mites.

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

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

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

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

10. What grade upsets Cedric his senior year?
(a) A C in Physics.
(b) A B in English.
(c) A B in Physics.
(d) A B in History.

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

12. Why does Cedric avoid Delante "Head" Coleman?
(a) He always tries to sell drugs to Cedric.
(b) He knifed Cedric once.
(c) He once put a gun to Cedric's head.
(d) He and his crew enjoy bothering honor students.

13. Why are the freshmen on campus six days early?
(a) Their classes begin early.
(b) So they can meet the other students.
(c) So they can sign up for classes before the upperclassmen.
(d) Orientation activities.

14. What do Cedric and his mother sing as they drive into Providence?
(a) "It is Well with my Soul."
(b) "Old Rugged Cross."
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "Shelter from the Storm."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are fifteen hundred black men at Scripture Cathedral?

2. Which classmate of Cedric's is killed in a robbery at McDonalds?

3. What classes offer Cedric some competition in high school?

4. What is the name of Cedric's dorm?

5. Why is Cedric Gilliam hiding out as Cedric gets ready to attend college?

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