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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Cedric go to junior high?
2. What is the last thing Barbara hands Cedric before she starts to drive back home?
3. How does a Caucasian student get into the M.I.T. summer program?
4. What two disappointments does Cedric experience during eighth grade?
5. Where does Cedric hide during the assembly?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are there few athletes at Ballou Senior High?
2. Why have things been so confusing for Cedric the fall of his senior year?
3. What is Barbara Jennings' financial situation?
4. Why is Cedric Gilliam on the run?
5. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?
6. Why is there an assembly at the beginning of the book?
7. How do Cedric and Rob spend their first afternoon together?
8. Why is the college prep class the cruelest class offered at Ballou?
9. As mid-terms approach, how is Cedric doing at the M.I.T. summer program?
10. What does Barbara do when Cedric turned two?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1, Mr. Taylor compares the challenges in Cedric's life to "a race, a long race?" Explain why Mr. Taylor uses the metaphor of a race. Why does Cedric's mother also use the image of a race to describe the challenges Cedric faces? How do the challenges that Cedric experiences compare to a race?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 3, Mr. Taylor misquotes Hebrews 11:1. How does Mr. Taylor misquote this phrase? Explain what this phrase means to Cedric at that point in time. Explain what the phrase may have meant to Cedric while he is at M.I.T., during his senior year at Ballou, and while Cedric is attending college.
Essay Topic 3
Explain what Larry Wakefield means when he tells Cedric, "If you're going to make it here, Cedric, you'll have to find some distance from yourself and all you've been through."
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