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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?
(a) Bix.
(b) His father.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Himself.

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

8. Who does Jerome say smiles politely when the person shows up?
(a) Bix.
(b) The coach of the black team.
(c) Maurice.
(d) The coach of the white team.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Jerome realize after his mother asks him a question about his behavior?
(a) He is sad that Bix does not seem to want to be friends.
(b) He tends to vocalize basketball plays.
(c) He does want to be something other than a factory worker.
(d) He never talks directly to others.

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

15. What do the boys trying out for the basketball team already have?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Places on the team.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) The coach's approval.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?

3. Where will Jerome start attending school?

4. How old is Bix when he runs away?

5. Who makes a spectacular play that sends the black team to the bench?

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