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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 the counselor tell Jerome about his new class?
(a) He will be the only boy in the class.
(b) He will have to get his mother's permission to take the class.
(c) He will have to stay after school to catch up for a week.
(d) He will not be the only boy in the class.

2. What happens to Jerome's mother?
(a) She sustains a serious head injury.
(b) She hurts her back.
(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.

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

4. How does Jerome characterize Mr. Eggelestobbs?
(a) Incompetent.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Pretentious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jerome say smiles politely when the person shows up?

2. How does Jerome characterize his behavior that summer?

3. What is one thing Jerome learns when he starts school that Fall?

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

5. What does Jerome eventually recover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Describe Braxton Rivers' parents.

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

6. What does Jerome say about making friends?

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

8. What is the traditional game that Jerome discusses?

9. 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?

10. How does Jerome describe his brother, Maurice?

(see the answer keys)

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