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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 happens to Jerome's mother?
(a) She hurts her back.
(b) She sustains a serious head injury.
(c) She is fired from her job because of Jerome going to a white school.
(d) She is falsely arrested for stealing from her employer.

2. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?
(a) Misguided.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Fun.

3. What could Jerome and everyone else in the stands see about one of the spectators?
(a) The person is very wealthy.
(b) Something was going on other than just cheering.
(c) The person is blind.
(d) The person knows nothing about baseball.

4. What is another way Jerome uses to find friends?
(a) How the person refers to their "colored" help.
(b) How the person talks about civil rights.
(c) If the person is into basketball.
(d) How the person speaks French.

5. What class does Jerome decide to drop in order to change to the suggested class?
(a) Communications.
(b) French.
(c) Economics.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person do who shows up in the middle of the game?

2. How long has Jerome known Bix before Bix runs away?

3. Who are some people Jerome's brother continually analyzes?

4. Why is Jerome angry?

5. Why does Jerome cut off a pair of his pants?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the school counselor suggest to help Jerome with his new responsibilities at home and what do the two finally agree for Jerome to do?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is hidden in a grove of trees and what sometimes watches Jerome there?

9. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.

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

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