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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bishop Long end the church service on Cedric's last Sunday?

2. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?

3. What type of college does Cedric wish to attend?

4. What is Cedric's summer job before college?

5. Where does Barbara grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. As mid-terms approach, how is Cedric doing at the M.I.T. summer program?

2. What are some things that have happened lately at the beginning of the book that indicate Ballou Senior High is a troubled and violent school?

3. Who is Cedric's roommate? What is his background?

4. Why does Phillip Atkins change from good student to class clown?

5. What is Bill Ramsey's dream when he began running the M.I.T. MITES program?

6. Why does Cedric feel like an inferior human being at the summer program?

7. Why has Bishop Long been criticized for his role at Scripture Cathedral?

8. Who is Cedric's father and how does he react when Cedric is conceived?

9. After eight months, why does Cedric Gilliam lose his work release job?

10. Why is it such a big deal that Cedric has handed in his vocabulary cards for the SAT-PREP class?

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