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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 does Jerome eventually recover?
(a) His belief in his father's wisdom.
(b) His sense of honor.
(c) His sense of privacy.
(d) His belief in Bix's goodness.

2. Who visits Jerome just before school opens?
(a) The teacher in the class he will be placed.
(b) Bix.
(c) The principal at the school he will attend.
(d) His former principal.

3. What is hidden in a grove of trees?
(a) A hangout for Jerome and his friends.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A basketball court.
(d) A gang hideout.

4. With whom does Jerome speak after the ball game?
(a) The driver of the drink truck.
(b) The police officer.
(c) The driver of the grill truck.
(d) The white coach.

5. What is one reason it is appropriate for Jerome to write about Bix?
(a) Jerome loves the truth.
(b) Jerome is a writer.
(c) Jerome is now a preacher.
(d) Jerome loves drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Jerome say his mother is angry?

2. How does the counselor respond to Jerome's choice of schedule change?

3. Why does Jerome do that keeps the white students from bothering him?

4. What does Jerome want to do in church?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is going to be the other boy in Jerome's Home Economics class and what does the school counselor say about him?

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

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

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

6. What is Jerome doing the night he meets Bix?

7. How is Jerome's attention forced away from his attempt to make friends?

8. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.

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

10. What does Jerome say about making friends?

(see the answer keys)

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