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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Sections 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerome's mother ask him one day?
(a) Why he is talking to himself.
(b) If he wants to be something when he grows up.
(c) If he is angry at the world.
(d) If he is sad.

2. What does Jerome realize after his mother asks him a question about his behavior?
(a) He tends to vocalize basketball plays.
(b) He is sad that Bix does not seem to want to be friends.
(c) He does want to be something other than a factory worker.
(d) He never talks directly to others.

3. What does Bix challenge his stepfather to do?
(a) Send him to the boarding school and see what Bix does about that.
(b) Take him to see his mother and then let Bix decide if he wants to go back.
(c) Let him go live with his real dad.
(d) Play a one-on-one game of basketball.

4. What is Bix doing in the corner of the Home Economics room?
(a) Cutting himself.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating pie.
(d) Talking on his cell phone.

5. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?
(a) Fun.
(b) Misguided.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Enlightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person notice about Jerome's behavior?

2. What is hidden in a grove of trees?

3. What does Bix say everyone is doing?

4. How does Jerome try to break the ice between him and Bix?

5. What are the students to make the next time Jerome goes to his Home Economics class?

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