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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what do Jerome and his mother prepare?
(a) A basketball tournament.
(b) A pre-school party.
(c) The start of school as always.
(d) Jerome's father's absence for several months.

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

3. Why does Jerome worry that some people might think he is a thief?
(a) Because he took Bix's notebook out of Bix's bedroom.
(b) Because he took Bix's cleats out of Bix's bedroom.
(c) Because he took Bix's ball glove out of Bix's bedroom.
(d) Because he took Bix's ball cap out of Bix's bedroom.

4. What do the younger siblings of some of the ball players do?
(a) Play a pick up game.
(b) Try to get their older brothers to buy them refreshments.
(c) Start fighting.
(d) Borrow shirts from both the black and the white players.

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

6. What does Jerome ask the counselor about the boy she calls "poor thing"?
(a) If he is new to the school.
(b) If he is black.
(c) If he has a mother.
(d) If he is in the same home situation as Jerome.

7. What happens when Jerome sneaks into Bix's room?
(a) He is caught by Bix's stepfather.
(b) He is caught by Bix's brother.
(c) He is caught by Bix's mother.
(d) He cries.

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

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

10. What school had Jerome planned to attend?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Third Avenue.
(c) Parker.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jerome say smiles politely when the person shows up?

3. What is Jerome's preferred sport?

4. What happens when Bix gets angry?

5. What do the two trucks who arrive at the game carry?

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