View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is coming for Barbara as March approaches?

2. Why is Barbara not evicted after Cedric comes home for the summer?

3. What is a new addition at Ballou the fall of 1995?

4. Who gets control of the music in Cedric's dorm room?

5. Who teaches History of Education?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Cedric pay for incidentals at college?

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

4. What causes Cedric to go talk to Rachel Edy, a peer counselor?

5. Why does Cedric decide to take five classes second semester?

6. Why is Chapter 9 titled "Bill Payers on Parade?"

7. Why does Cedric return to Ballou over Christmas break?

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

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

10. In Chapter 10, why do Rob and Cedric change the music rules?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, Cedric writes a poem about his observations of a junior high math class. Discuss what Cedric means by the phrase in the poem, "Maybe I'll just let the colors run?"

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 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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 992 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample