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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 realize as he watches Bix's stepfather warm up?
(a) The stepfather has not played that much basketball.
(b) Bix will easily win.
(c) The stepfather is a dominating man.
(d) Bix will have a very hard time winning.

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

3. What was Bix's mother's response to Bix saying he did not love her?
(a) She says she does not love Bix.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) Attempted suicide.

4. How does Bix respond to Jerome's suggestion about Bix's game?
(a) He says he'll never love basketball like Jerome does.
(b) He calls the moves Jerome suggests as dishonesty.
(c) He says he can beat Jerome without any fancy stuff.
(d) He says baseball is his love and he really does not want to put that much effort into basketball.

5. Who wins the anonymous contest Miss Pimton sets up?
(a) Mollie and Anne.
(b) It's a two-way tie.
(c) It's a three-way tie.
(d) Bix and Jerome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Jerome ask Bix that Bix challenges?

2. What do Jerome's brothers think of his cooking at home?

3. What happens in Jerome's Home Economics class the next week?

4. Who does Jerome discover at the basketball court?

5. What does Jerome realize as a result of Bix challenging him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Jerome realize Bix is in real trouble?

2. How does Jerome discover who is at "his" court one night?

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

4. How does Jerome's new lantern help him with his basketball practice?

5. 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?

6. What does Bix do in the Home Economics class that is disturbing?

7. Why does Jerome have to find a new place to practice basketball?

8. How does Jerome's lantern come to be called Spin Light?

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

10. How does Bix seem in the Home Economics class?

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