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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 principal.
(b) It be baked first.
(c) It be given to the basketball team.
(d) It be given to the football team.

2. What does Bix call what he does with the lantern?
(a) Gigging.
(b) Light circle.
(c) Spin Light.
(d) Whirly light.

3. How long is it before Jerome sees Bix again after the disagreement about moves on the court?
(a) About 6 months.
(b) About 4 months.
(c) About 2 months.
(d) About 3 weeks.

4. What does Jerome hear as he is approaching the court?
(a) The sound of a police megaphone.
(b) The sound of several boys' voices.
(c) The sound of a basketball bouncing.
(d) The sound of a dog growling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bix react to the first part of the contest?

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

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

4. What does Jerome imagine while he is practicing by himself on the basketball court?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. About what does Bix challenge Jerome?

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

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

7. How does Jerome win a lantern?

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

9. What does Bix's stepfather say about Bix's relationship to Bix's mother?

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

(see the answer keys)

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