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How does college and distance affect Cedric’s relationship with his mother?

How does having a “white friend” impact Cedric?(his perspective on various matters, his attitude towards certain subjects, other things in general impacted by having the roommate)

How does/could his mother’s fear of being forgotten and left behind impact his transition into school?

How does Rob’s upbringing change his values from that of cedric? How do their values conflict?

How has Cedric’s “Identity”and “authentic black culture” impacted him so far in college?

How does the discrimination against minorities (students and professors) as far as education impact Cedric?

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1,What was the reason behind cedric wanting to end a relationship with Barbara?
2.Why did cedric and Rob begin to encounter a conflict between each other.
3 What were the issues cedric faced when he starts college?
4. How are the groupd at brown classified ?

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1.       Do you think Cedric is college ready? And also will he be successful there?

2.       How will Cedric not be allowed to see his father affect him?

3.       Why does Cedric avoid his low scores rather than being truthful about it?

4.       How do you feel Cedric will reacts while he’s in college struggling? Will he give up or implement the motivation and the self-determination he once had?

5.       While in college, Cedric feels out of place; why is that?

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1.       How does Cedric differ from the other students around him?

2.       Why change characters throughout the book? Why did the author choose to change the voice of the narrative?

3.       Why was Brown University so important to Cedric?

4.       What role does Cedrics dad play in his life?

5.       Why was Cedric distancing himself from his mom? Why was he hesitant to communicate with her?

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1. Why did Cedric want to cut off his mom?
2. Cedric feels out of place among the rest of his peers in his college class, do you ever feel like that in any of your college classes?
3. It seems as if Cedric leaving home has affected his mother in negative ways. Why do you think that this is happening to his mother?
4. How do you feel about Cedric's new friend Zayd?
5. Do you think that Zayd will be a good or bad influence on Cedric?

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1. How can a friend like Zayd expand and bridge relationships of people who are different races. (and different background)

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In Chapter 7 as Cedrick and Barbara arrive to Brown we see that Cedrick worries about Parents weekend do you believe that in the near future Barbara and Cedrick won’t have a good mother and son relationship?
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In Chapter 8 we see how Cedrick starts to become insecure do you believe this will wreck his future in succeeding?
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In Chapter 8 we see how Cedrick got a 94% in his midterm for Calculus but he wants to aim higher. To aim higher he needs to study more. Do you believe he will isolate himself from the rest?
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With all the struggles happening to Cedrick at Brown. Do you believe he will turn back to the church?
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What are some comparison between Cedrick and his father? Are there any good influences that will help him in the future?

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1.       Why does Cedric become hesitant to call or visit his mother? Explain why you think his mother was upset by this and simply states she will come for Parents’ Weekend.

2.     (Cedric's mother goes to parents’ weekend and Cedric seems to be doing well. However, Barbara notices other parents and their children.) What makes Cedric’s mother feel left out and grow fear that she will become distant from her son?

3.       More than anyone, why would Zayd be the only person trying to really understand Cedric and not Rob (Cedric’s roommate)?

4. In chapter 8, Why does Cedric get offended when people around him make criticizing jokes? (These jokes were about homosexuality.)

5. (Barbara seems confused when Zayd’s mother comes up to her with friendly gestures.) What would Barbara be confused about and why did she not care to converse with Zayd’s mother?
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6. Extra Question: Most of the focus in this novel is driven toward Cedric rather than people around him. How do you think Barbara Jennings feels about what goes on in her life, having to raise kids while the fathers are missing from the picture?

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1. How are the students at Brown different from Cedric?
2. The author describes the different groups at Brown. How  are the division positive? How are they negative?
3. What is the difference between Cedric's pride and confidence?
4. Was Cedric's mom wise for attending the trip to Brown for parents weekend?
5.

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I can't find my dad.
Where's my dad?

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What makes Cedric stand out from the others who attend

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1) What emotions are fueling Cedric to discontinue his relationship with his mom?
2) Will Cedric ever adjust to his roommate "Rob" unique lifestyle or force him to live by his?

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1.  What is Cedric's reaction to having a black professor for his Richard Wright class and what was the outcome?
2. During his ride with is mother, why do you think is Cedric distancing himself from his mom?
3. What is Barbara's reaction to being on a college campus?
4. How is Cedric treated differently in college compared to the time in high school?
5. How does Cedric's connection to the church change as he enters Brown?

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1.   How does Cedric feel about attending Brown University?

2. Does the kids at Brown University treated him better than the MIT kids he met in the summer?

3. Do you really think Cedric is college ready for Brown University? Do you think he will be successful at Brown University?

4.  Will Cedric continue to attend church when he goes to Brown University? Will this impact or effect his college life and what way will it?

5. How is Cedric relationship with his roommates Rob throughout the story? How does this affect his college lifestyle?

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1.       Chapter 6 title is label “The Pretender” why is that? What in Chapter 6 supports this claim?

2.       Do you think Cedric will fade away from the church when he meets college life or not?
3.    What’s the reason behind Barbara’s “generosity” in constantly giving the church money? What is she hoping to receive for doing so?

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1. Why does Cedric feel he should know who Winston Churchill is in chapter 7?
2. Why does Cedric feel he has to work twice as hard as everyone?
3. Why does Cedric feel his 930 SAT score isn't good enough?
4. How come the drop out rate for minorities at Brown is so high?
5. How does it make Cedric feel when professor Wheelock isn't prepared and doesn't have enough knowledge to teach the class?

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1) In chapter 8 Cedric feels like a "foreigner" among the other students attending Brown, how does these feeling
2) On Cedric's way to providence why does he tell his mother he doesn't plan on coming to visit her anytime soon?
3) Why is Cedric disappointed with his professor when he enters his Richard Wright course?
4) How does Barbara's engraved poverty lifestyle embarrass Cedric and is going to effect their relationship in the long run?
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1. What do you think keeps driving Barbara to give all her money to the church and remains in poverty, while Bishop Long gets wealthy?
2. What kind of stereotypes is associated with Cedric's roommate Rob, in order for Cedric to think Rob is filthy when he goes outside barefooted?
3. Cedric feels like a foreigner while learning about white history. Do you think that's how whites feel during our black history month?
4. How would blacks feel if whites created a white history month?
5. How do you feel about Cedric's white friend, Zayd, being named after Tupac Shakur, a famous black rapper's, uncle?

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1.       How does Cedric social persona grow as a character when he meets friends like Zayd and Chiniqua in A Hope in the Unseen? Does the new environment influence his decision making? Explain thoroughly.

2.       How does Barbara feel about the development of her son and the many changes that he is going through as a black male in society? What knowledge does she specifically speak about that is significant to Cedric?

3.       How do the other students Cedric encounters feel about his personal background? How does it impact their life knowing what Cedric goes through as a black male from a poor neighborhood to a college student?

4.       With Cedric’s personal struggles in college, will he fall subject to drop out of college and lose the motivation he once had when he got in? Is he vulnerable to lowering his standards of success?

5.       Cedric’s learned the background story of his friend, Zayd. How does Zayd’s and Cedric’s stories parallel with each other. What type of future do they have together after Brown University?

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1). How does Cedric's father contrast to his own son ? What are similarities or differences between them?
2). Why does Cedric feel like a foreigner in his own country?
3). Why don't African Americans help each other succeed as where Asian Immigrants do?
4). Why is Cedric constantly trying to avoid his low scores, instead of just being honest and telling them the truth about his scores?
5). Why did Thomas tell Cedric to avoid African Americans and other ethnicity while at Brown? Does Cedric follow this?

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1. In the beginning of chapter 7, why do you think Cedrik doesn't want to come home on holiday breaks?
2. In Cedriks first week in college, based off his first few mistakes, how do you think he will react moving foward in his college life?
3. When learning he has the lowest SAT score in his unit, what psychological damage do you think this has done?
4. Why do you think Cedrik refuses to visit Harambee House, Brown's only black dorm?
5. Do you think Cedrik senior realizes that he has failed as a father? If so, in what ways?
6. In what ways do you think Ron Suskind prepared for this book, how do you think he got his details to be so accurate.

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1. Is Cedric's mother doing the right thing by prohibiting Cedric Sr. from seeing Cedric Jr.?
2. How will Cedric's college experience be different from his high school experience? Will it be better or worse?
3.Will Cedric ever feel comfortable in his skin at his college?
3.Even though Cedric seems to make new friends, he still gets teased and even gets called a homosexual at one point. Why does Cedric continue to get antagonized in a new environment?
4.Why don't some of the students feel like social issues aren't really important or that they are not simply their problems? Should they be more concerned with social issues?
5. How is religion vs politics expressed in the chapters?

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1. In the beginning of Chapter 7, Cedric and Barbara on their way to Providence, Rhode Island to drop Cedric off for college. Why is the car ride so tense between Cedric and his mom? Do you believe that it is fair of Cedric to act so distant towards Barbara? If you were in Ms.Jennings situation, how would you feel? Do you think that Cedric is acting like this because he is afraid to disappoint his mother at Brown? Or do you believe it goes much deeper than whats on the surface.

2.  There is a lot going on in Chapter 8, "Fierce Intimacies". Why do you think that Suskind includes the scene were the white professors are speaking negatively about affirmative action? How do you think this effected Cedric throughout the chapter? Would you have said something to the men if you were in the cafe with Cedric? Why or not?

3. Cedric is enraged when a group of guys in the dorm hall playfully jokes about him being gay. Which causes him to confront his friends in the middle of the night and further distance himself from everyone. Why do you think that Cedric reacted this way towards the homosexual banter? Do you feel that his actions afterwards were justifiable? Why or why not . How does this situation in the chapter show how Cedric's upbringing and attitude  is  extremely different from his peers?

4. In Chapter 9, the parents come to Brown for a Parents Weekend. Zayad's parents Bernadine Dohorn and Billy Ayers were heavily involved in politics in the 60s. They try to push their beliefs on their son who shows little interest in being active in social issues like them. Do you see this as a problem between Zayad and his parents? Why or why not? How does Bernadine effect Barbara ? Why does Ms.Jennings act the way she does towards her?

5. Cedric Sr, finally decides to get help for his drug addiction. He makes a internal decision to turn his life around for the better. Why do you think that this is talked about at the end of Chapter 8? Do you think that Cedric Sr and Cedric Jr's relationship will get better? Cedric Sr, is about to write a letter to his son but then decides not too. Why do you think he does this? How does America's stereotypical image of the black father parallel to Cedric Sr,? How does this effect his family.

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What differences do you see between the students at Brown and the students Cedric met in the summer program at MIT?

What courses does Cedric decide to avoid and why doesn't  he register for those courses?

Who does Barbara want Cedric to call and why?

What causes the confrontation between Cedric and Rob ?