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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 tell him something.
(b) He forgot his jacket.
(c) She found his calculator.
(d) She forgot to give Cedric money.

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

3. 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) 200 points.
(d) 50 points.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Cedric's mother work?

2. Why does Cedric avoid Delante "Head" Coleman?

3. What impresses Barbara about Cedric Gilliam?

4. What does Cedric find waiting at home after a long night at church?

5. Why does Cedric's mother not want him to wear a leather jacket?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Cedric Gilliam on the run?

2. What are Barbara's early years like?

3. Why are there few athletes at Ballou Senior High?

4. Who is James Davis?

5. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?

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

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

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

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

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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