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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Sections 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Jerome mention while writing about playing basketball?
(a) Cat.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Fox.
(d) Hawk.

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

3. Of what does Jerome's mother assure him concerning her anger?
(a) It is not about anything Jerome has done.
(b) She needs to feel the anger but still loves him.
(c) She is working on getting rid of her anger.
(d) She will get over it.

4. Who does Jerome discover at the basketball court?
(a) Jerome's middle brother.
(b) Three policemen and Bix.
(c) The drug dealers.
(d) Bix.

5. How long does Jerome work with Bix on the basketball court?
(a) About a year.
(b) About 6 months.
(c) About a week.
(d) About 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Jerome one day to play basketball?

2. What does Jerome eventually recover?

3. What does Bix call what he does with the lantern?

4. What do the two trucks who arrive at the game carry?

5. What new laws are in effect that will affect Jerome?

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