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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 do the girls suggest about the best looking pie?
(a) It be given to the football team.
(b) It be given to the basketball team.
(c) It be given to the principal.
(d) It be baked first.

2. How does Jerome feel about learning who his partner is?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

3. What does Bix ask of Jerome?
(a) To talk to Bix's stepfather.
(b) To run away with him.
(c) To play baseball on Bix's team.
(d) To be able to hold the lantern.

4. What does Jerome try to convince Bix Jerome was doing?
(a) Studying over Bix's basketball moves.
(b) Joking.
(c) Trying to decide if he wanted to come onto the court.
(d) Waiting to see if any other white guys were going to arrive.

5. What does Jerome notice about Bix's clothes?
(a) They are immaculate and stiff.
(b) They do not match.
(c) They are in the latest style.
(d) They are untidy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is it before Jerome sees Bix again after the disagreement about moves on the court?

2. What does Bix call what he does with the lantern?

3. Where did Bix get the basketball he has with him?

4. What does Jerome offer for Bix to do?

5. Who is Bobo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. How does Jerome win a lantern?

6. How does Jerome feel going down the path to the court at night and what exacerbates those feelings?

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

8. Who wins the best pie contest and what are the girls' reactions?

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

10. How do Bix and Jerome deepen their friendship?

(see the answer keys)

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