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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Cedric find waiting at home after a long night at church?
(a) His two sisters.
(b) Acceptance to the M.I.T. summer program.
(c) A check to buy books.
(d) His father.

5. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?
(a) He is robbed and attacked near his apartment.
(b) He loses his best friend and his father goes back to jail.
(c) He is not allowed to sing solos and loses his place at Jefferson Junior High.
(d) He is attacked on the bus and his school books are stolen.

6. What impresses Barbara about Cedric Gilliam?
(a) He has never been in prison.
(b) He works hard.
(c) He dresses nicely.
(d) He has a bachelor's degree.

7. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?
(a) His grandmother is black.
(b) His great-grandfather is black.
(c) He is 1/128 Potawatomi Indian.
(d) His grandfather is Asian.

8. Where does Cedric Gilliam want to take Cedric the summer after graduation?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To a movie.
(c) Budweiser Concert Series.
(d) To a ball game.

9. What type of college does Cedric wish to attend?
(a) A college in California.
(b) A college that caters to kids from the ghetto.
(c) Ivy League.
(d) An all black college.

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

11. What is the amazing thing mentioned by the teacher in SAT-PREP class?
(a) Ten students turned in their homework.
(b) Cedric turned in his vocabulary cards and no one else did.
(c) All the students got high scores on the SAT.
(d) All the students turned in their homework.

12. 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 raised the most money for the church.
(d) Because she brought the most visitors to church.

13. Where does Cedric hide during the assembly?
(a) In the locker room.
(b) He went home.
(c) A deserted chemistry classroom.
(d) In the principal's office.

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

15. Where does LaTisha plan to go to college?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Brown.
(c) Howard.
(d) University of the District of Columbia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cedric and his family do his last night home before college?

2. How many white students attend Ballou?

3. What is Cedric's birth date?

4. What old friend from Jefferson does Cedric call from M.I.T.?

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

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