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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. For what does Jerome pretend to be searching?
(a) A black young man for the pro league.
(b) Earth-people games.
(c) A black boy for the all-white high school team.
(d) A murderer.

2. What do the younger siblings of some of the ball players do?
(a) Try to get their older brothers to buy them refreshments.
(b) Borrow shirts from both the black and the white players.
(c) Start fighting.
(d) Play a pick up game.

3. Where did Bix get the basketball he has with him?
(a) A department store.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) The school gym.
(d) His stepfather.

4. What school had Jerome planned to attend?
(a) Parker.
(b) Third Avenue.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Chestnut.

5. Who wins the anonymous contest Miss Pimton sets up?
(a) Mollie and Anne.
(b) Bix and Jerome.
(c) It's a two-way tie.
(d) It's a three-way tie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the students to make the next time Jerome goes to his Home Economics class?

2. What do Jerome's brothers think of his cooking at home?

3. How does Jerome make Bix laugh?

4. What animal does Jerome mention while writing about playing basketball?

5. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?

(see the answer key)

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