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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 is Bix's challenge about?
(a) Jerome being more obsessed about skin color than Bix.
(b) Jerome's need to define everything in words.
(c) Jerome not getting on the team the year before.
(d) Jerome needing to pin down parentage.

2. At what does Jerome say Bix is a natural?
(a) Running.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Stand-up comedy.

3. What does Jerome's mother want Jerome to do with what he wins?
(a) Pawn it for food for the family.
(b) Let everyone in the family use it.
(c) She does not care.
(d) Return it.

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

5. Out of what do the Home Economics students practice making hamburger patties?
(a) Paper mache.
(b) Flour dough.
(c) Playdough.
(d) They use real hamburger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jerome notice about Bix's shoes?

3. Why does Jerome yell what he does to the person(s) watching him?

4. What does Jerome try to convince Bix Jerome was doing?

5. What was Bix's mother's response to Bix saying he did not love her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Pimton teach to make in the next class and what is Jerome's reaction?

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

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

4. How does Jerome win a lantern?

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

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

7. How do Bix and Jerome deepen their friendship?

8. 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?

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

10. Why does Bix challenge his stepfather to a one-on-one game and who is to referee the game?

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