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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Changing the Rules.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the author quit his job at Young and Rubicum Advertising?
(a) The commute was too tiresome.
(b) The job did not pay enough.
(c) He did not get along with his co-workers in the mail room.
(d) He lost interest in advertising.

2. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?
(a) He knew the dates of every war.
(b) He said he planned to study agriculture in college.
(c) He knew what flax was.
(d) He had memorized all of the United States Presidents.

3. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?
(a) Stand outside in the cold.
(b) Cry.
(c) Study.
(d) Die.

4. What does Mother tell the author his father had done?
(a) Gotten a new job.
(b) Bad things.
(c) Gotten in a fight.
(d) Lost a bet.

5. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?
(a) To enroll her sons in private school.
(b) To get back together with her ex-husband.
(c) To reclaim the house the family once lived in.
(d) To go to night school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subtle way did the author's mother encourage him in "ROTC Triumph"?

2. What hymn does the author say dissolves his negativity?

3. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

4. What did the author's mother buy for him that he rejected, saying they were the "wrong kind"?

5. In "College Choices," why did the author only apply to one college?

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