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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. Why does Barbara have to turn around and go back to the campus?
(a) She forgot to give Cedric money.
(b) She forgot to tell him something.
(c) He forgot his jacket.
(d) She found his calculator.

2. What work release job does Cedric Gillian have?
(a) Working as an accountant in a bank.
(b) Cutting hair at a barbershop.
(c) Working at a meat packing plant.
(d) Washing dishes at a restaurant.

3. For what summer program does Cedric apply?
(a) A six-week program at M.I.T.
(b) A summer session at Brown University.
(c) An internship at the Supreme Court.
(d) A science seminar at Stanford.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rob's parents do for a living?

2. Where does Cedric go to elementary school?

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

4. Where does LaTisha plan to go to college?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cedric arrive at school by 6:30 a.m. most mornings?

3. What is school like for students who excel academically at Ballou Senior High?

4. What are Barbara's early years like?

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

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

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

8. How do Cedric's SAT scores compare to the other students at the M.I.T. program?

9. Who is Cedric's benefactor and how do they meet?

10. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?

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