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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through First Part, Sections 4 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are some people Jerome's brother continually analyzes?
(a) The baseball team the brother coaches.
(b) Jerome's brother's teachers.
(c) Jerome's brother's Sunday school teacher and the church's preacher.
(d) Jerome's brother's classmates.

2. What does the person do who shows up in the middle of the game?
(a) Arrests one of the spectators.
(b) Cheers for Maurice.
(c) Cheers for Bix.
(d) Picks a fight with some of the ball players.

3. What is one reason it is appropriate for Jerome to write about Bix?
(a) Jerome loves the truth.
(b) Jerome is a writer.
(c) Jerome loves drama.
(d) Jerome is now a preacher.

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

5. What difference does Jerome describe concerning sports leagues?
(a) He does not mention any differences.
(b) The difference between the coach of the football league versus the one of the soccer league.
(c) The differences between the popular, well-supported white little league and the less-popular, poorly-supported black little league.
(d) The difference between Jerome's favorite sport versus Bix's favorite sport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which team is doing best in the black/white game initially?

2. With whom does Jerome speak after the ball game?

3. What happens when Bix gets angry?

4. What does Jerome want to do in church?

5. What does Maurice go off to college to do?

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