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

2. Where does Trilling suggest Cedric apply to college?
(a) Harvard or Brown.
(b) Stanford or Florida State University.
(c) M.I.T. or Harvard.
(d) Howard University or University of Maryland.

3. Where is Phillip Atkins working?
(a) Working at Burger King.
(b) Working in a mailroom.
(c) Working at McDonalds.
(d) Working at Price Waterhouse.

4. Why does Cedric's mother refuse to buy him a pair of extra-baggy khaki-colored pants?
(a) She does not have the money.
(b) They remind her of Cedric's father.
(c) She says that the pants symbolize bad things.
(d) She thinks he should buy a pair of black pants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are most of the classes that Cedric takes at Ballou not very challenging?

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

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

4. How much does Cedric learn at Jefferson compared to Ballou?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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