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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. What does Cedric do for his eighteenth birthday?
(a) He eats takeout spare ribs.
(b) He has a party with his family.
(c) He does not do anything special.
(d) He has a big party with classmates.

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

3. What do the other students do after Cedric's talk with Trilling?
(a) Make fun of him.
(b) Tell him they care and encourage him to stay to the end.
(c) Help him pack.
(d) Tell him he might as well leave now.

4. Who asks to see Cedric after reading a story about him in the "Wall Street Journal"?
(a) The principal at Ballou.
(b) President Bush.
(c) Justice Clarence Thomas.
(d) Bishop Long.

5. Why are the freshmen on campus six days early?
(a) Orientation activities.
(b) Their classes begin early.
(c) So they can sign up for classes before the upperclassmen.
(d) So they can meet the other students.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points does Cedric raise his SAT score when he takes it again?

2. What is the warm up game for the diversity workshop at college?

3. Who has offered to tutor Cedric before he retakes the SATs in October?

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

5. For what summer program does Cedric apply?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there an assembly at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Barbara do when Cedric turned two?

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

4. How does Rob feel about having Cedric for a roommate?

5. Who is James Davis?

6. Why have things been so confusing for Cedric the fall of his senior year?

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

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

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

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

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