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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Part, Sections 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bix start incorporating into his game?
(a) Mean comments.
(b) Singing.
(c) Spinning the ball.
(d) Fake moves.

2. What does Bix's stepfather agree to do though he is clearly tired?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Play a three-way game.
(c) Talk with Bix about his mother.
(d) Continue playing.

3. What does Jerome's mother say to Bix privately?
(a) Jerome does not know.
(b) To be kind to Bix's mother.
(c) To be kind to Jerome who is still an innocent.
(d) To stop thinking the world is against him.

4. Where has Jerome seen his partner before?
(a) At the hospital when Jerome is visiting his mother.
(b) At the ball field.
(c) At church.
(d) In the principal's office.

5. Who does Jerome discover at the basketball court?
(a) Bix.
(b) Three policemen and Bix.
(c) The drug dealers.
(d) Jerome's middle brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Bix when he runs away?

2. What makes Jerome nervous as he is headed towards his favorite court?

3. How does Jerome feel about learning who his partner is?

4. What does the person notice about Jerome's behavior?

5. How does Jerome try to break the ice between him and Bix?

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