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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 is one thing about Bix Rivers to which Jerome refers?
(a) His talent for seeing the truth.
(b) His rebellion against authority.
(c) His talent for singing.
(d) His disappearance.

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

3. What chore does Jerome assume at home?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Lawn work.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Ironing.

4. Why does Jerome worry that some people might think he is a thief?
(a) Because he took Bix's cleats out of Bix's bedroom.
(b) Because he took Bix's notebook out of Bix's bedroom.
(c) Because he took Bix's ball glove out of Bix's bedroom.
(d) Because he took Bix's ball cap out of Bix's bedroom.

5. What is one way Jerome decides to make overtures of friendship to a white student?
(a) Seeing who seems to be relaxed around him.
(b) Listening to their book reports.
(c) Seeing who will laugh at his jokes.
(d) Seeing who nods at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jerome's preferred sport?

2. Who is Jerome's unseen opponent?

3. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?

4. What of Bix's does Jerome have?

5. What is the narrator's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.

2. What new responsibilities does Jerome assume at home and who talks to Jerome about this?

3. What does Jerome's momma point out to him one day and how does he react?

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

5. What does the driver of the grill truck say to Jerome?

6. How is the black team's playing and what interferes with that?

7. What other things does Jerome write about this secret court?

8. How do Miss Pimton and the girls in Jerome's new class react to his arrival in the classroom and who is assigned to be his partner?

9. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

10. What does Jerome say about making friends?

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