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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tennis courts were at Chickasaw Park?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. In "Conversation with Corky Butler," what did Corky want from Cassius, Lucky, and Riney for being on what he said was his block?
(a) Milk.
(b) Candy.
(c) Fight.
(d) Toll.

3. Who protested when Cassius and his friends hung a poster advertising a fight in Round Seven?
(a) His opponent's mother.
(b) His opponent's uncle.
(c) His opponent's grandmother.
(d) His opponent's aunt.

4. What language was Cassius learning in school in "Momma, Please"?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) French.

5. Who was Teenie Clark with at the Louisville Defender Expo?
(a) Her parents and her little brother.
(b) An aunt.
(c) Some girlfriends.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other sports could Cassius probably have played and won varisty letters in?

2. In "Conversation with Lucky," what did Lucky want to study in college?

3. What did Rudy give Cassius for his birthday in "Birthday"?

4. In Round Six, what did Lucky remember Cassius taking to school to drink?

5. In "We Stopped in," what did Cassius and Rudy split at Aunt Coretta's bakery.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Cassius and Rudy's running routine in "Chickasaw Park"?

2. What did Corky Butler look like at the Louisville Defender Expo?

3. Why did Lucky think that Cassius could never be a president of the United States?

4. How long had Cassius been fighting when he made it to Chicago for the 1958 National Golden Gloves championships?

5. Why did Lucky think that Cassius stuck with boxing rather than another sport?

6. What was the heat like in "The Day I Was Born Again"?

7. What were some things that happened when Cassius was 13?

8. What did Cassius find when he went downstairs at the Louisville Defender Expo to find a cop?

9. How was Lucky doing at his new school, and what plans did he have for the future in "Conversation with Lucky"?

10. Who was Joe Martin?

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