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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's mother ask him one day?
(a) If he is sad.
(b) Why he is talking to himself.
(c) If he wants to be something when he grows up.
(d) If he is angry at the world.

2. What could Jerome and everyone else in the stands see about one of the spectators?
(a) The person knows nothing about baseball.
(b) Something was going on other than just cheering.
(c) The person is blind.
(d) The person is very wealthy.

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

4. Upon what does Jerome's mother not pay attention to concerning other people?
(a) Their social status.
(b) Their achievements.
(c) Their clothing.
(d) Who they're not and what they don't do.

5. What does Maurice go off to college to do?
(a) Become an architect.
(b) Become a pilot.
(c) Become a pediatrician.
(d) Become a psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the effect of the person going with Jerome?

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

3. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?

4. What do the younger siblings of some of the ball players do?

5. Who does the man with whom Jerome say he is?

(see the answer key)

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