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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jerome take with him to his favorite basketball court?
(a) His new lantern.
(b) His dinner in a paper sack.
(c) A new basketball.
(d) A whistle to scare the dogs.

2. What does Jerome notice about Bix's clothes?
(a) They are immaculate and stiff.
(b) They are untidy.
(c) They are in the latest style.
(d) They do not match.

3. What does Jerome realize as he watches Bix's stepfather warm up?
(a) The stepfather has not played that much basketball.
(b) Bix will easily win.
(c) The stepfather is a dominating man.
(d) Bix will have a very hard time winning.

4. What does Bix's stepfather agree to do though he is clearly tired?
(a) Play a three-way game.
(b) Talk with Bix about his mother.
(c) Continue playing.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where has Jerome seen his partner before?
(a) At church.
(b) At the ball field.
(c) At the hospital when Jerome is visiting his mother.
(d) In the principal's office.

6. What does Jerome's mother want Jerome to do with what he wins?
(a) She does not care.
(b) Pawn it for food for the family.
(c) Return it.
(d) Let everyone in the family use it.

7. What is Jerome unable to restrain after a few minutes of hiding in the dark?
(a) His happiness.
(b) His anger.
(c) His laughter.
(d) His fear.

8. What surprises Jerome when he tells his mother about Bix?
(a) He's sad that Bix seems to not like him that much.
(b) He cries.
(c) He realizes he's angry with Bix.
(d) He's embarrassed that he needs his mother's advice.

9. How long is it before Jerome sees Bix again after the disagreement about moves on the court?
(a) About 6 months.
(b) About 4 months.
(c) About 2 months.
(d) About 3 weeks.

10. Who is at the basketball court when Jerome arrives for the challenge?
(a) Bix's stepfather.
(b) No one.
(c) Bix's mother and stepfather.
(d) Bix.

11. What does Jerome realize one night when he is practicing?
(a) A train has stopped nearby.
(b) Two older boys are watching him.
(c) Bix is watching him.
(d) A stray dog is watching him.

12. What is Bix's challenge about?
(a) Jerome being more obsessed about skin color than Bix.
(b) Jerome needing to pin down parentage.
(c) Jerome not getting on the team the year before.
(d) Jerome's need to define everything in words.

13. Who wins the anonymous contest Miss Pimton sets up?
(a) It's a three-way tie.
(b) Bix and Jerome.
(c) It's a two-way tie.
(d) Mollie and Anne.

14. Who is Bobo?
(a) A big man the black crewman calls up.
(b) A friend of Jerome's who is blind.
(c) A new boy at school.
(d) A friend Bix brings with him.

15. What does Jerome's momma realize that Jerome's been neglecting?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His basketball.
(c) His music.
(d) His academic courses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is bounceball?

2. What does Jerome pretend as he's hiding in the shadows?

3. What changes with Bix as he plays with the lantern?

4. How long does Jerome work with Bix on the basketball court?

5. How does Jerome calm Bix?

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