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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class is it suggested that Jerome take?
(a) Home Economics.
(b) Shop.
(c) Art.
(d) Spanish.

2. Why is Mattie Sue happy about Jerome's arrival in Home Economics class?
(a) So Jerome will partner with Jackson.
(b) So she can get out of cooking a cake that day.
(c) Her parents are supporters of the civil rights movement.
(d) So Jerome will partner with Baxter.

3. Upon what does Jerome's mother not pay attention to concerning other people?
(a) Their clothing.
(b) Their achievements.
(c) Their social status.
(d) Who they're not and what they don't do.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason it is appropriate for Jerome to write about Bix?

2. With what class would the other class interfere?

3. What does Jerome ask the counselor about the boy she calls "poor thing"?

4. Who sponsors the white team that traditionally visits a black team at the beginning of the season?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jerome's attempt to be accepted on the basketball team.

2. Who shows up to cheer for Bix, and what are Jerome's observations about her and Bix's reaction to her?

3. What does Jerome say about regaining his sense of privacy and how he is mistaken?

4. What is one thing Jerome quickly learns at Chestnut school?

5. What does Jerome say about the situation about attending Chestnut Street Junior High School, and how does his momma react?

6. What is the traditional game that Jerome discusses?

7. Who accompanies Jerome to the basketball court one day and how does Jerome feel about that?

8. What does Jerome want to do in church and what does he decide to do for Bix?

9. What are Jerome and his momma told about the new integration regulations?

10. What does Jerome say about his French and Communications classes?

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