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

2. Why are there very few athletes at Ballou?

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

4. What is the amazing thing mentioned by the teacher in SAT-PREP class?

5. What score does Cedric get on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why at Cedric's family going away party does he refer to "Cedric" as his professional name?

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

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

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

6. Why is the college prep class the cruelest class offered at Ballou?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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."

Essay Topic 2

Compare what it means to use "one's talents to bring 'glory onto God' and what it means to be prideful. Use some of the arguments that Cedric uses in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Cedric's self-confidence begins to wane after he has been on the Brown campus a few days.

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