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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. Who runs the M.I.T. program?

2. Who asks to see Cedric after reading a story about him in the "Wall Street Journal"?

3. Who is the new principal Cedric's senior year?

4. How many white students attend Ballou?

5. What is Cedric's birth date?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is James Davis?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?

7. What is Bill Ramsey's dream when he began running the M.I.T. MITES program?

8. Why is Cedric Gilliam on the run?

9. How do Cedric and Rob spend their first afternoon together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Cedric means when he says, "Comfortable in this place that I hate." How does this phrase relate to a decision Cedric have to make?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Phillip Atkins' life before and after his eighth grade year, and explain why he changes at that point in time.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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