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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. How long does Jerome work with Bix on the basketball court?
(a) About 6 weeks.
(b) About a week.
(c) About 6 months.
(d) About a year.

2. How does Bix react to the first part of the contest?
(a) He is encouraged at the idea that he will win.
(b) He becomes confused.
(c) He stops and refuses to play.
(d) He is discouraged and slows down.

3. What does Bix do the next week at school?
(a) He is boisterous and witty.
(b) He speaks to no one.
(c) He is surly.
(d) He is absent from school that week.

4. What does Jerome's mother say she wants to do before Jerome goes with Bix to the hospital?
(a) Talk to Bix's stepfather.
(b) Meet Bix's mother.
(c) Meet Bix.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who ensures that the bet is paid by the loser?
(a) Bix.
(b) The guidance counselor.
(c) Some passengers.
(d) Jerome's older brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerome take with him to his favorite basketball court?

2. For what does Jerome pretend to be searching?

3. What does Jerome's momma realize that Jerome's been neglecting?

4. Why can Jerome use his secluded basketball court now?

5. How does Jerome try to break the ice between him and Bix?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jerome and Bix tease each other after Jerome shines his lantern on Bix?

2. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?

3. Why does Bix get angry at Jerome?

4. How long of a break is there when Jerome and Bix do not see each other, and what does Jerome do as far as practicing basketball in the meantime?

5. What is Jerome relating to his momma when he starts crying and what does his momma want her sons to do?

6. Who is watching Jerome one day as he is practicing and what does Jerome do?

7. How is Jerome's Home Economics class helping him and what are his brothers' reactions?

8. What is Jerome surprised to see when he arrives at the basketball court?

9. What does Jerome tell his momma about Bix and what is her response?

10. What does Jerome look forward to in his Home Economics class, and what surprises him when he arrives there?

(see the answer keys)

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