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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?
(a) The students in higher grades.
(b) The math and science teachers.
(c) The kids who once teased him.
(d) The administrators.

2. What other role did the author's father serve in, that he recalls observing only once?
(a) His father was a member of the school board.
(b) His father was a Baptist minister.
(c) His father played trumpet in a jazz band.
(d) His father volunteered as a crossing guard.

3. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?
(a) Her mother.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

4. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?
(a) Defensiveness.
(b) Silence.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Love.

5. Where did the author turn when he believed he could not pass an exam?
(a) To his mother.
(b) To his academic adviser.
(c) To God.
(d) To the campus tutoring center.

6. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?
(a) Become one of the guys.
(b) Skip class.
(c) Get a bad grade.
(d) Get a girlfriend.

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

8. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?
(a) That was where he got his tonsils taken out.
(b) His mom suggested that he practice medicine there.
(c) Every television or newspaper medical story seemed to feature someone there.
(d) `Someone from the hospital visited his school.

9. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?
(a) He had to use food stamps and feared a friend might see him.
(b) It took away from his study time.
(c) His mom never sent him with enough money.
(d) He says the people at the store treated him rudely.

10. In "Changing the Rules," what common interest did the author share with attorney Ward Randall, Jr.?
(a) Law.
(b) Bowling.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Science.

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

12. Why did students walk out on the psychology test in "Changing the Rules"?
(a) The test was too hard.
(b) The room started to smell like smoke.
(c) There was a war protest.
(d) There was a fight outside.

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

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

15. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?
(a) He went to Disneyland.
(b) He met the President.
(c) He got an eye examination at school.
(d) He won a science competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?

2. What does the author's mother call him in "Goodbye Daddy"?

3. In "College Choices," why did the author want to be alone after his "miracle" exam?

4. Who does the author say was the "earliest, strongest, and most impacting force" in his life?

5. What college did the author decide to attend?

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