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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Sections 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jerome angry?
(a) Bix laughs at Jerome when Jerome trips.
(b) His father would not let him play baseball.
(c) He thinks Bix thinks Bix is too good to spend time with black people.
(d) His father insisted he play football.

2. What does Bix ask of Jerome?
(a) To run away with him.
(b) To talk to Bix's stepfather.
(c) To play baseball on Bix's team.
(d) To be able to hold the lantern.

3. Why is Mattie Sue happy about Jerome's arrival in Home Economics class?
(a) So she can get out of cooking a cake that day.
(b) Her parents are supporters of the civil rights movement.
(c) So Jerome will partner with Jackson.
(d) So Jerome will partner with Baxter.

4. Of what does Jerome's mother assure him concerning her anger?
(a) She will get over it.
(b) It is not about anything Jerome has done.
(c) She is working on getting rid of her anger.
(d) She needs to feel the anger but still loves him.

5. Where is the new court where Jerome practices?
(a) Near a junkyard.
(b) In a predominantly white section of town.
(c) Near the city dump.
(d) Near some train tracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys trying out for the basketball team already have?

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

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

4. Who is coaching the team that Jerome is watching the night he meets Bix?

5. What does one of the white players say after the pick up game?

(see the answer key)

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