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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Part, Sections 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What school had Jerome planned to attend?
(a) Third Avenue.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Parker.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

2. What does one of the white players say after the pick up game?
(a) That Jerome is the best basketball player there.
(b) That Jerome is uppity for thinking of trying out for the team.
(c) That the coach is a racist pig.
(d) That Jerome could help them win the state championship.

3. Why does Jerome yell what he does to the person(s) watching him?
(a) He's still a little mad at Bix.
(b) The man keeps taunting Jerome.
(c) The dog is growling.
(d) The two boys are twirling knives.

4. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?
(a) The principal at the school he will attend.
(b) His former principal.
(c) Bix.
(d) The teacher in the class he will be placed.

5. For what do Jerome and his mother prepare?
(a) Jerome's father's absence for several months.
(b) A pre-school party.
(c) The start of school as always.
(d) A basketball tournament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Jerome learns when he starts school that Fall?

2. What could Jerome and everyone else in the stands see about one of the spectators?

3. Of what does Jerome's mother assure him concerning her anger?

4. Who else is scheduled to be in Jerome's new class?

5. What does Jerome's momma realize that Jerome's been neglecting?

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