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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. How often did the author wear an ROTC uniform at school?
(a) Every day.
(b) Two days a week.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Three days a week.

2. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?
(a) 30.
(b) 28.
(c) 13.
(d) 23.

3. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Oncologist.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Urologist.

4. 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.

5. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?
(a) A mill.
(b) Paradise Theater.
(c) A funeral home.
(d) A Cadillac plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Alma Whittley?

2. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?

3. The author graduates _____ in his senior high school class.

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

5. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author's mother teach her sons that she learned at work?

2. Describe the plan the author's mother devised to help him improve his grades.

3. How did Mr. Jaeck nurture the author's gift for science?

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

5. What study strategy did the author develop in his second year of medical school to help him learn the material?

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

7. What are the reasons the author gives in "A Serious Step" for not being ready for love?

8. How does the author explain, in "College Choices" the miracle he experiences on a class exam?

9. How does the author describe his mother in "Carrying the Load"?

10. Why did a photographer from the Yale Daily News take a picture of the author in "Changing the Rules"?

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