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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fights would there be before judges decided who was the winner of the television show "Tomorrow's Champion"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. Who got blown up from gas in a storm drain?
(a) Short Bubba.
(b) Jake.
(c) Tall Bubba.
(d) Big Head Paul.

3. What time did Cassius always go to bed?
(a) 10:30.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

4. In "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet," what did Cassius say they played with the girls?
(a) Hide-and-seek.
(b) Red Light, Green Light.
(c) Capture the flag.
(d) Red Rover.

5. In "Round Four," how many blocks would Cassius race the bus to school?
(a) 25 blocks.
(b) 20 blocks.
(c) 30 blocks.
(d) 15 blocks.

6. In "Mystery," what did Cassius run into when he was riding home with Rudy on the handlebars of his bicycle?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A body.
(c) A pothole.
(d) A squirrel.

7. In "Before the Fight," who did a reproter ask Cassius to compare himself to?
(a) Roberto Duran and Tommy Hearns.
(b) Rocky Marciano.
(c) Jack Dempsey.
(d) Joe Louis and Sugar Ray.

8. What was the name of a pet chicken that Cassius and Rudy had when they were growing up?
(a) Diggity.
(b) Buster.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Rusty.

9. Who did Cassius fight on February 26, 1958?
(a) Kent Green.
(b) Sonny Liston.
(c) Floyd Patterson.
(d) Rocky Marciano.

10. How old was Cassius when Granddaddy Herman died?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

11. In "Round Four," when Cassius, Rudy, and Lucky would lie in the grass and look up at the sky, what did Cassius say he was waiting for?
(a) A shooting star.
(b) Northern Lights.
(c) A plane to fly by.
(d) An angel to appear.

12. How much money did Cassius bet on Gorgeous George during a Saturday boxing show?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) 25 cent.

13. What did Granddaddy Herman used to play?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

14. Where was Cassius Clay fighting in February 1958?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

15. On February 25, 1958, how many counts was Cassius down before he got up?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cassius compare his Grandaddy Herman's living room to?

2. In "The Story Continues," what color skirts were Teenie and her friends wearing?

3. Where was the mostly Black section of Louisville?

4. Where did the Clay family live in February 1958?

5. On Sundays, what would Granddaddy Herman give Cassius and Rudy?

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