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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the man with whom Jerome say he is?
(a) The main detective in the local precinct.
(b) The owner of the ball field.
(c) The owner of the Seven-Up plant.
(d) The baseball coach at the white high school.

2. What chore does Jerome assume at home?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Ironing.
(c) Lawn work.
(d) Cleaning.

3. What is Bix's stepfather busy gathering?
(a) Information about where Bix's mother could be.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Testimony against his business partner.
(d) Nothing.

4. What happens when Bix gets angry?
(a) He cries.
(b) He flushes with color.
(c) He goes off by himself.
(d) He takes a run.

5. Who calls Jerome in to talk with him?
(a) The principal.
(b) The school nurse.
(c) The school counselor.
(d) The basketball coach.

6. What does Jerome realize after his mother asks him a question about his behavior?
(a) He does want to be something other than a factory worker.
(b) He never talks directly to others.
(c) He is sad that Bix does not seem to want to be friends.
(d) He tends to vocalize basketball plays.

7. What is one class Jerome mentions he enjoys?
(a) Art.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

8. How old is Bix when he runs away?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

9. Where does Jerome spend most of his summers?
(a) In the library.
(b) At the secret basketball court.
(c) In the black neighborhood park.
(d) At the black swimming pool.

10. What does Jerome eventually recover?
(a) His sense of honor.
(b) His belief in his father's wisdom.
(c) His belief in Bix's goodness.
(d) His sense of privacy.

11. Who are some people Jerome's brother continually analyzes?
(a) Jerome's brother's classmates.
(b) The baseball team the brother coaches.
(c) Jerome's brother's teachers.
(d) Jerome's brother's Sunday school teacher and the church's preacher.

12. What do the two trucks who arrive at the game carry?
(a) Iced drinks and food.
(b) Two white ball team.
(c) Two black ball teams.
(d) Another black ball team and another white ball team.

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

14. For what class is Jerome late?
(a) History.
(b) Shop.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Home Economics.

15. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Jeb.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Bix.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Jerome one day to play basketball?

2. Who does Jerome look for but cannot find?

3. What school had Jerome planned to attend?

4. Upon what does Jerome's mother not pay attention to concerning other people?

5. What is one way Jerome decides to make overtures of friendship to a white student?

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