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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Part, Sections 8 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerome want to do in church?
(a) Answer the altar call.
(b) Tell the truth about Bix.
(c) He does not go to church.
(d) Sing a solo.

2. Where is Bix's mother?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) No one knows.
(d) An insane asylum.

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

4. What does Jerome realize after his mother asks him a question about his behavior?
(a) He tends to vocalize basketball plays.
(b) He is sad that Bix does not seem to want to be friends.
(c) He never talks directly to others.
(d) He does want to be something other than a factory worker.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one thing about Bix Rivers to which Jerome refers?

3. What does Jerome's mother ask him one day?

4. How old is Bix when he runs away?

5. What is "You LIke It, It Likes You"?

(see the answer key)

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