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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What percent of Brown's student body is black?
(a) 15%.
(b) 6.5%.
(c) 23%.
(d) .8%.

3. What does Cedric do for his eighteenth birthday?
(a) He does not do anything special.
(b) He eats takeout spare ribs.
(c) He has a party with his family.
(d) He has a big party with classmates.

4. Who is Cedric's college roommate?
(a) Phillip Atkins.
(b) Stephen White.
(c) Rob Burton.
(d) David Brown.

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

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

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

8. 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) Cedric turned in his vocabulary cards and no one else did.
(d) All the students turned in their homework.

9. Who is the new principal Cedric's senior year?
(a) Dr. Carlton James.
(b) Dr. James Kent.
(c) Dr. Charles Johnson.
(d) Dr. Kenneth Jones.

10. Why is Cedric Gilliam hiding out as Cedric gets ready to attend college?
(a) His girlfriend found him with another woman.
(b) He owes some men some money.
(c) He stole some drugs.
(d) He has had a dirty urine test.

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

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

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

14. Who comes to speak to the students at the assembly in the first chapter?
(a) Mayor David Andrews.
(b) Mayor Matthew Barron.
(c) Mayor Marion Barry.
(d) Mayor Rudy Giuliani

15. Where does Cedric go to junior high?
(a) Jefferson Junior High School.
(b) Howard Junior High School.
(c) Washington Davis High School.
(d) Ballou Junior High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks to see Cedric after reading a story about him in the "Wall Street Journal"?

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

3. Where does LaTisha plan to go to college?

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

5. What does Cedric do before mailing his college application?

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