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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cedric have to buy a bathing suit while at M.I.T.?
(a) So he can swim in the college pool.
(b) The kids are going to the ocean.
(c) The kids are having a swimming competition.
(d) The kids are going to Cape Cod.

2. Who is the principal at Ballou Senior High?
(a) Cedric Jennings.
(b) Marion Barry.
(c) Richard Washington.
(d) Andrew Taylor.

3. What is the warm up game for the diversity workshop at college?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) A truth and lie game.
(c) A memory game.
(d) Cultural Trivial Pursuit type game.

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

5. Why does Cedric's mother refuse to buy him a pair of extra-baggy khaki-colored pants?
(a) They remind her of Cedric's father.
(b) She thinks he should buy a pair of black pants.
(c) She says that the pants symbolize bad things.
(d) She does not have the money.

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

7. Where does Cedric's mother work?
(a) Supreme Court.
(b) Ballou High School.
(c) Department of Justice.
(d) Department of Agriculture.

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

9. What verse does Mr. Taylor quote to Cedric?
(a) John 3:16.
(b) Philippians 4:13.
(c) Romans 8:28.
(d) Hebrews 11:1.

10. Why are fifteen hundred black men at Scripture Cathedral?
(a) They are attending a ministry class.
(b) Having a prayer meeting.
(c) Organizing for the Million Man March.
(d) They are part of the I Have a Dream Foundation.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cedric go to elementary school?

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

3. What does Cedric do at church one day when singing in the choir?

4. What does Cedric Gillian tell Barbara when she is pregnant?

5. What is Cedric's birth date?

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