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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) You can quit work after the baby comes.
(b) Either the baby or me.
(c) Congratulations.
(d) Let's get a bigger place to live.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Why will a woman from church be honored with a queen-for-a-day ceremony?
(a) Because she helped run a successful bazaar.
(b) Because she helped run a successful bake sale.
(c) Because she brought the most visitors to church.
(d) Because she raised the most money for the church.

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

10. Who has offered to tutor Cedric before he retakes the SATs in October?
(a) The principal.
(b) Miss Jones, an English teacher.
(c) Rev. Keels, a science teacher.
(d) Mr. Taylor, the chemistry teacher.

11. What is the name of Cedric's dorm?
(a) Anderson Hall.
(b) Andrews Hall.
(c) Abernathy Hall.
(d) Appleton Hall.

12. Which classmate of Cedric's is killed in a robbery at McDonalds?
(a) Marvin Peay.
(b) James Davis.
(c) Phillip Atkins.
(d) Lawan Foster.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there very few athletes at Ballou?

2. What grade upsets Cedric his senior year?

3. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?

4. What is Cedric's birth date?

5. Where does Barbara grow up?

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