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

2. What is the last thing Barbara hands Cedric before she starts to drive back home?

3. Who is the principal at Ballou Senior High?

4. What is Cedric searching for right before he leaves for college?

5. Why is Cedric Gilliam hiding out as Cedric gets ready to attend college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Barbara's early years like?

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

5. Why is Cedric Gilliam on the run?

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

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

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

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

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 3, Cedric is depressed and easily irritated as he waits to hear if he has been accepted to a summer program at M.I.T. Discuss why Cedric is depressed and easily irritated.

Essay Topic 2

After mid-terms at M.I.T., Cedric awakes suddenly, and it seems as though he hears his surrogate grandmother say, "Cedric, you haven't yet begun to fight." Explain how this phrase affects Cedric and what it means to him.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why some minority students can compete on an equal basis with white students and do not need affirmative action to get into college. Provide examples of students in the book who fall into this category.

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