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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. How much education does the author say his mother had when she married?
(a) Third grade.
(b) Tenth grade.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

2. What percent academic scholarship does the author say he received for college?
(a) 100%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 90%.

3. What did the author, in "College Choices," score on his final chemistry exam?
(a) 97.
(b) 100.
(c) 48.
(d) 79.

4. How did Alma Whittley help the author?
(a) She helped him get a job at Ford Motor Company.
(b) She gave him information about the biology program at Wayne State University.
(c) She helped him write an essay for his college application.
(d) She gave him a crash course in study skills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?

2. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?

3. Who did the author initially turn to for work, when he could not find a job in the summer of 1971?

4. What does the author say he has in his heart, regardless of the conditions around him?

5. What did the psychology professor give the author for being the most honest student in the class?

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