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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. Who wins the anonymous contest Miss Pimton sets up?
(a) Mollie and Anne.
(b) Bix and Jerome.
(c) It's a two-way tie.
(d) It's a three-way tie.

2. Where does Jerome spend most of his summers?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the black neighborhood park.
(c) At the black swimming pool.
(d) At the secret basketball court.

3. What does Jerome notice about Bix's shoes?
(a) They are terribly scuffed.
(b) They are well shined.
(c) They have holes in them.
(d) The shoe laces are from tennis shoes.

4. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Himself.
(c) Bix.
(d) His father.

5. About what do Bix and his stepfather argue?
(a) Bix going to a boarding school.
(b) Bix going to visit his mother in the psychiatric hospital.
(c) Bix doing his school work.
(d) Bix playing two major sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome eventually recover?

2. What is Bix's challenge about?

3. Where has Jerome seen his partner before?

4. Who is the first person to notice Jerome's behavior?

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

(see the answer key)

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