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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 11 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Jerome learns when he starts school that Fall?
(a) In some ways, people at the white school aren't that much different from people at the black one.
(b) There are good reasons why schools are segregated.
(c) He will have to work much harder than the white students.
(d) He will probably not be very popular.

2. Who is coaching the team that Jerome is watching the night he meets Bix?
(a) Jerome's brother.
(b) Mr. Steller.
(c) Jerome's father.
(d) Bix's father.

3. Who accompanies Jerome most summer days?
(a) His two older brothers.
(b) No one.
(c) His youngest brother.
(d) His best friend, Harold.

4. Who makes a spectacular play that sends the black team to the bench?
(a) Joey.
(b) Bix.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Maurice.

5. What do the boys trying out for the basketball team already have?
(a) Places on the team.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) The coach's approval.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are some people Jerome's brother continually analyzes?

2. What is Jerome's preferred sport?

3. What school had Jerome planned to attend?

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

5. What of Bix's does Jerome have?

(see the answer key)

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