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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jerome's mother?
(a) She is fired from her job because of Jerome going to a white school.
(b) She is falsely arrested for stealing from her employer.
(c) She sustains a serious head injury.
(d) She hurts her back.

2. How does Jerome characterize Mr. Eggelestobbs?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Pretentious.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Incompetent.

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

4. With what class would the other class interfere?
(a) French.
(b) Art.
(c) Algebra.
(d) Chemistry.

5. Why does Jerome do that keeps the white students from bothering him?
(a) Wears a set of brass knuckles.
(b) Avoids any possible confrontation.
(c) Beats up a boy who calls him "nigger".
(d) Offers to help some students with their assignments.

6. What class does Jerome decide to drop in order to change to the suggested class?
(a) Economics.
(b) History.
(c) French.
(d) Communications.

7. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?
(a) The teacher in the class he will be placed.
(b) The principal at the school he will attend.
(c) Bix.
(d) His former principal.

8. Where is it possible to play basketball both summer and winter?
(a) At the court at the black YMCA.
(b) In the white YMCA.
(c) In the high school gym.
(d) At the court hidden in the trees.

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

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

11. What does Jerome say about his mother's interactions with other people?
(a) She is hostile.
(b) She is aloof.
(c) She is shy.
(d) She deals well with them.

12. What could Jerome and everyone else in the stands see about one of the spectators?
(a) The person is blind.
(b) Something was going on other than just cheering.
(c) The person is very wealthy.
(d) The person knows nothing about baseball.

13. Who is coaching the team that Jerome is watching the night he meets Bix?
(a) Mr. Steller.
(b) Bix's father.
(c) Jerome's brother.
(d) Jerome's father.

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

15. What does Jerome want to do in church?
(a) Sing a solo.
(b) He does not go to church.
(c) Tell the truth about Bix.
(d) Answer the altar call.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Jerome most summer days?

2. About what is Jerome angry?

3. What does Jerome's mother ask him one day?

4. With whom does Miss Pimton suggest Jerome partner?

5. Where will Jerome start attending school?

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