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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "College Choices," why did the author only apply to one college?
(a) Only one college was interested in him.
(b) He wanted to attend the same college as his girlfriend.
(c) He only had enough money to pay for one application fee.
(d) He always knew the college he wanted to attend.

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

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

4. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?
(a) Security.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Humor.

5. What did the author promise God after he took his exam, in "College Choices"?
(a) To go to church that weekend.
(b) To do something special for his mother.
(c) To never put Him in that position again.
(d) To study longer for the next exam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gift does the author say has been an invaluable asset as a surgeon?

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

4. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?

5. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason people say the author has "gifted hands"?

2. Why was the author impressed in the ROTC by a student named Sharper?

3. How was the author's family life after his father left?

4. In "Two Positives," why did the author say he stopped hopping trains?

5. What was the author's father like intellectually?

6. How did being poor impact the author in "A Boy's Big Problem"?

7. How did the author's mother protect him and his brother?

8. Describe how the author has managed his temper in the years since he tried to kill his friend, Bob.

9. Why did the author initially fall behind in his college studies?

10. How did new glasses help the author in school?

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