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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Little Beth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?
(a) Italian.
(b) Leadership skills.
(c) Science facts.
(d) Classical music.

2. What influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?
(a) Mr. McCotter.
(b) Sgt. Bandy.
(c) Mr. Doakes.
(d) Mrs. Miller.

3. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Gym class.
(c) Capping.
(d) Learning about General Custer.

4. What subtle way did the author's mother encourage him in "ROTC Triumph"?
(a) She quoted poems and famous sayings to him.
(b) She read to him from the Bible.
(c) She lectured him.
(d) She left hints around the house about what college she wanted him to attend.

5. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?
(a) That she go home.
(b) That she try harder next time.
(c) That she sing in the choir.
(d) That she keep practicing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did the author quit his job at Young and Rubicum Advertising?

3. How did the author hurt a classmate who made him mad in "A Terrible Temper"?

4. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?

5. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?

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