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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. In "Tragedy," how many locusts swarmed the desert in French Algeria?
(a) 550,000.
(b) 80 million.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 5 million.

2. Who wrote the boxing story that was in a magazine Lucky gave Cassius for his birthday?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) William Faulkner.

3. How old was Cassius when he lost his first fight?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. In "Sometimes My Mouth Moves Faster Than My Mind," where did Cassius say he would fight Corky?
(a) Ring.
(b) Back of the school.
(c) Vacant lot.
(d) Abandoned wirehouse.

5. Since when did Cassius, Riney, and Lucky know one another?
(a) 2nd grade.
(b) Grade school.
(c) When they were toddlers.
(d) Kindergarten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Emmett Till shot in the head?

2. How many pounds did Cassius weigh when he defeated his first opponent, Ronnie O'Keefe?

3. Of the four fights Cassius won in a row in 1955, how many were tehcnical knockouts (TKOs)?

4. In "The First Time," how old was Caden Wilkinson when Cassius boxed with him in his first round of boxing?

5. To what Billie Holiday song did Lucky pretend he was blowing a saxophone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cassius lose against James Davis on February 4, 1955?

2. How did Cassius's fight go with Corky Butler?

3. In "We Stopped In" and "Thunderstorm" how did Cassius describe the change in weather?

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

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

6. What conversation did Cassius and Rudy have about the future in "Conversation with Rudy"?

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

8. Why did a lady protest when Cassius and his friends were hanging a poster near Virginia Avenue in "Round 7"?

9. How did Teenie challenge Cassius at the Louisville Defender Expo?

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

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