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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 happens to students listed on the "Wall of Honor?"

2. Where does Cedric go to elementary school?

3. What is the name of Cedric's dorm?

4. Where does LaTisha plan to go to college?

5. Where does Cedric go to junior high?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Cedric decide to apply to Brown?

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

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

7. What is school like for students who excel academically at Ballou Senior High?

8. What is Barbara Jennings' financial situation?

9. What does Barbara do when Cedric turned two?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare how the phrase "a hope unseen" refers to Cedric's life and how it refers to the lives of immigrants to the United States. What examples does Cedric use in the Epilogue to show this comparison?

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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