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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bix do the next week at school?
(a) He speaks to no one.
(b) He is absent from school that week.
(c) He is surly.
(d) He is boisterous and witty.

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

3. How does Jerome calm Bix?
(a) Tells Bix a joke.
(b) Tells Bix why he admires his baseball playing.
(c) Calls him Bix instead of Baxter.
(d) Challenges him to a pick-up game of basketball.

4. Where did Bix get the basketball he has with him?
(a) A department store.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) The school gym.

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

6. How does Bix respond to Jerome's suggestion about Bix's game?
(a) He says baseball is his love and he really does not want to put that much effort into basketball.
(b) He calls the moves Jerome suggests as dishonesty.
(c) He says he'll never love basketball like Jerome does.
(d) He says he can beat Jerome without any fancy stuff.

7. Out of what do the Home Economics students practice making hamburger patties?
(a) Flour dough.
(b) They use real hamburger.
(c) Paper mache.
(d) Playdough.

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

9. How does Jerome make Bix laugh?
(a) Making alien noises.
(b) Showing him an underhanded ball throw.
(c) Jerome dictates the basketball game as if it were a baseball game.
(d) Jerome promises to bring Spin Light to the basketball court.

10. What does Bix challenge his stepfather to do?
(a) Let him go live with his real dad.
(b) Play a one-on-one game of basketball.
(c) Take him to see his mother and then let Bix decide if he wants to go back.
(d) Send him to the boarding school and see what Bix does about that.

11. How does Jerome feel about learning who his partner is?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Indifferent.

12. Who ensures that the bet is paid by the loser?
(a) Bix.
(b) The guidance counselor.
(c) Jerome's older brother.
(d) Some passengers.

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

14. What does Bix's stepfather say affected Bix's relationship with his mother?
(a) Bix's refusal to give in ever.
(b) Bix's obstinacy.
(c) Bix's obsession with his mother being something she is not.
(d) Bix's obsession with the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Jerome's mother when she gets home from the hospital?

2. What does Bix ask of Jerome?

3. What surprises Jerome when he tells his mother about Bix?

4. What does Jerome realize as a result of Bix challenging him?

5. Who does Jerome say moves like a real player(s)?

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