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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. Where do Zayd and Cedric go shopping after they become friends again in "A Place Up Ahead"?

2. What does Cedric watch on television the night of Rob's birthday party?

3. What does Zayd write during first semester?

4. What does a middle manager at the Department of Agriculture say when Barbara tells him Cedric is at Brown?

5. Where will Cedric eat Thanksgiving dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What advice does the Psychology teacher give Cedric?

4. What are Cedric and Rob fighting about in May?

5. How will things change for Cedric second semester?

6. How is Barbara doing in February?

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

8. Describe Thanksgiving dinner at Dr. Korb's home.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Cedric's self-confidence begins to wane after he has been on the Brown campus a few days.

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

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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