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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 class is Cedric dropping after mid-terms?

2. What class does Cedric hope will teach him the thinking and writing skills he needs?

3. What food from his youth does Cedric crave?

4. What does Zayd write during first semester?

5. How does Phillip Arden's father get to Brown for parent's weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the mid-term Calculus test that Cedric takes.

2. What happens several days after Cedric comes home for the summer?

3. What does Cedric realize about the teacher he observed at Slater?

4. How does Cedric pay for incidentals at college?

5. Why do Zayd and Cedric become friends again?

6. How do Cedric and Rob come to an agreement about music in their dorm room?

7. How has Barbara been doing since Cedric left for college?

8. How does affirmative action help and hinder minority students when they want to attend college?

9. What do Zayd Dohrn's parents do in the 1960s?

10. Why after a month of college, is Cedric's chin barely above the waterline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why Cedric chooses easy courses that are pass/fail for his first semester at Brown. What are his motivations for choosing this type of a course load?

Essay Topic 2

Affirmative action is a topic frequently discussed in the 1990s. Discuss affirmative action, how various individuals in the book feel about affirmative action, and whether affirmative action helps or hinders minority students like Cedric.

Essay Topic 3

During Cedric's graduation address, he refers to "Dreambusters." Discuss what these "Dreambusters" are and how they have affected Cedric's life in a positive or negative way.

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