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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the phrase "spin light" pertain?
(a) A video game Bix loves.
(b) Playing shortstop.
(c) Playing pitcher.
(d) Playing soccer goalie.

2. How does the counselor respond to Jerome's choice of schedule change?
(a) She is happy to see Jerome making the choice to stay in French class.
(b) She thinks Jerome is unaware of the impact of his choice.
(c) She disapproves it.
(d) She reluctantly approves.

3. What position does Bix play on the baseball team?
(a) Shortstop.
(b) First base.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Left field.

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

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

6. Who else is scheduled to be in Jerome's new class?
(a) One of the basketball players who wanted Jerome to play on the team.
(b) One of the basketball players who taunted Jerome.
(c) Braxton Rivers.
(d) Maurice.

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

8. What is another way Jerome uses to find friends?
(a) How the person talks about civil rights.
(b) How the person refers to their "colored" help.
(c) If the person is into basketball.
(d) How the person speaks French.

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

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

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

12. What does Jerome's mother ask him one day?
(a) If he is sad.
(b) If he wants to be something when he grows up.
(c) If he is angry at the world.
(d) Why he is talking to himself.

13. Upon what does Jerome's mother focus concerning other people?
(a) Their eyes.
(b) Whether they go to church.
(c) Who they are and what they do.
(d) Their occupations.

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

15. What does one of the white players say after the pick up game?
(a) That Jerome could help them win the state championship.
(b) That Jerome is the best basketball player there.
(c) That Jerome is uppity for thinking of trying out for the team.
(d) That the coach is a racist pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what class is Jerome late?

2. Who are some people Jerome's brother continually analyzes?

3. With whom does Jerome speak after the ball game?

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

5. In what city does Jerome live?

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