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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Part, Section 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ensures that the bet is paid by the loser?
(a) The guidance counselor.
(b) Bix.
(c) Jerome's older brother.
(d) Some passengers.

2. How does Jerome feel about learning who his partner is?
(a) Angry.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Indifferent.

3. What does Jerome realize one night when he is practicing?
(a) A stray dog is watching him.
(b) A train has stopped nearby.
(c) Bix is watching him.
(d) Two older boys are watching him.

4. Who else is scheduled to be in Jerome's new class?
(a) Braxton Rivers.
(b) One of the basketball players who wanted Jerome to play on the team.
(c) One of the basketball players who taunted Jerome.
(d) Maurice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is counting quietly as Jerome approaches the basketball court?

2. Who sponsors the white team that traditionally visits a black team at the beginning of the season?

3. Why does Jerome worry that some people might think he is a thief?

4. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?

5. What happens to Jerome's mother?

(see the answer key)

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