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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will be unique about Jerome's situation?
(a) He will be allowed to play on the basketball team.
(b) He will be the only black student.
(c) He will be allowed to waive the mandatory requirements.
(d) He will be one of only about 50 black students.

2. What is "You LIke It, It Likes You"?
(a) The Schwinn slogan.
(b) The Coca-Cola slogan.
(c) The Westinghouse slogan.
(d) The Seven-Up slogan.

3. Who is the first person to notice Jerome's behavior?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Bix.

4. Where is Bix's mother?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) No one knows.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) New Orleans.

5. What difference does Jerome describe concerning sports leagues?
(a) The differences between the popular, well-supported white little league and the less-popular, poorly-supported black little league.
(b) He does not mention any differences.
(c) The difference between the coach of the football league versus the one of the soccer league.
(d) The difference between Jerome's favorite sport versus Bix's favorite sport.

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

7. Why does Jerome cut off a pair of his pants?
(a) To make some of the white kids laugh.
(b) To try out for the basketball team.
(c) To protest treatment from a teacher.
(d) Because of the heat in the classroom.

8. What does the counselor tell Jerome about his new class?
(a) He will have to get his mother's permission to take the class.
(b) He will not be the only boy in the class.
(c) He will be the only boy in the class.
(d) He will have to stay after school to catch up for a week.

9. Upon what does Jerome's mother not pay attention to concerning other people?
(a) Their clothing.
(b) Who they're not and what they don't do.
(c) Their achievements.
(d) Their social status.

10. Which team is doing best in the black/white game initially?
(a) It is not discussed.
(b) The black team.
(c) The white team.
(d) Both teams play equally well.

11. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?
(a) The three years of high school.
(b) About a year.
(c) Since they were babies.
(d) Since they were five.

12. What is hidden in a grove of trees?
(a) A gang hideout.
(b) A basketball court.
(c) A skeleton.
(d) A hangout for Jerome and his friends.

13. What is one thing Jerome learns when he starts school that Fall?
(a) He will have to work much harder than the white students.
(b) There are good reasons why schools are segregated.
(c) He will probably not be very popular.
(d) In some ways, people at the white school aren't that much different from people at the black one.

14. What of Bix's does Jerome have?
(a) Bix's notebook.
(b) Bix's assurances.
(c) Bix's best baseball cleats.
(d) Bix's poetry.

15. With whom does Miss Pimton suggest Jerome partner?
(a) Baxter.
(b) Jackson.
(c) No one.
(d) Matty Sue.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what class would the other class interfere?

2. What does Jerome eventually recover?

3. What tune does the horn of one of the trucks play?

4. What school had Jerome planned to attend?

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

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