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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About what is Jerome angry?
(a) The way Bix is talked about in church.
(b) That Bix does not tell Jerome where Bix is.
(c) That Bix's stepfather lies about Bix.
(d) That Bix's mother deserted him.

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

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

5. 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 hurts her back.
(d) She sustains a serious head injury.

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

7. Where does Jerome find directions to care for a baseball glove?
(a) In Bix's notebook.
(b) Hanging in the locker room.
(c) In an old book that belongs to Jerome's dad.
(d) In a piece of paper in Bix's locker.

8. Who does Jerome look for but cannot find?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Bix's stepfather.
(c) Bix.
(d) The black coach.

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

10. 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 cries.
(d) He is caught by Bix's mother.

11. What does Maurice go off to college to do?
(a) Become a pediatrician.
(b) Become a pilot.
(c) Become a psychiatrist.
(d) Become an architect.

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

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

14. Who shows up in the middle of the game that Jerome is describing?
(a) A beautiful white woman.
(b) A few gang members.
(c) A police office.
(d) A tall, handsome white man.

15. What tune does the horn of one of the trucks play?
(a) "Battle Hymn of the Republic".
(b) No tune.
(c) "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
(d) "Dixie".

Short Answer Questions

1. With what class would the other class interfere?

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

3. What chore does Jerome assume at home?

4. What does Jerome eventually recover?

5. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?

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