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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 do Rob's parents do for a living?

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

3. How many white students attend Ballou?

4. In the first chapter, what happens as Cedric waits at the bus stop?

5. With whom does Cedric usually eat lunch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Cedric arrive at school by 6:30 a.m. most mornings?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Who is James Davis?

10. What does Barbara do when Cedric turned two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why if Cedric has the awards, extracurricular activities, and grades required to attend a top-notch college, he does not believe that he will be accepted at an Ivy League school.

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

At the beginning of the book is a quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Explain what each line of the poem means and how the poem relates to Cedric's life.

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