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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. Who has to sign Jerome's drop form?
(a) Jerome's French teacher.
(b) Mr. Egglestobs.
(c) The principal.
(d) The basketball coach.

2. Who shows up in the middle of the game that Jerome is describing?
(a) A tall, handsome white man.
(b) A police office.
(c) A few gang members.
(d) A beautiful white woman.

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

4. To what does the phrase "spin light" pertain?
(a) Playing pitcher.
(b) A video game Bix loves.
(c) Playing soccer goalie.
(d) Playing shortstop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jerome look for but cannot find?

2. How old is Bix when he runs away?

3. What does the person notice about Jerome's behavior?

4. In what city does Jerome live?

5. What do the younger siblings of some of the ball players do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

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

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

4. What does Jerome say about the white sports league versus the black one?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does Jerome's former principal say when he visits Jerome and his momma?

9. What are some things written in Bix's notebook?

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

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