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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: A Big Boy's Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1951.

2. How did the author and his brother often travel to Wilson Junior High?
(a) They hopped trains.
(b) They hitchhiked.
(c) They rode bikes.
(d) They roller skated.

3. How did the author comfort himself about his capping on other students?
(a) He said he thought his father would approve.
(b) He said he would only do it until he got some better clothes.
(c) He said it was not his fault there were ugly people at school.
(d) He said that everyone did it, and it was the only way to survive.

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

5. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Thinking about college.
(b) Dating.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Choosing a career.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?

2. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

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

4. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?

5. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?

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