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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?

2. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?

3. What holiday does the author recall made being 8-years-old the best year of his childhood?

4. Where did the author turn when he believed he could not pass an exam?

5. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the author's new neighborhood in "Eight Years Old" different from his old one?

2. What role did the English teacher, Mrs. Miller, play in the author's life, in "ROTC Triumph"?

3. How did the author get the crew he supervises to be more productive, in "Changing the Rules"?

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author take on the challenge of being student-sergeant for a rambunctious unit?

9. In "A Terrible Temper," what led the author to hit Jerry over the head with a lock?

10. How does the author describe his mother's way with finances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What responsibility does the author feel to the Black community? What responsibility does he feel to all humans? Why does he pass up an opportunity that would allow him to help more Black patients?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's greatest accomplishment? How does this accomplishment make a difference? What might be different if the author did not achieve this?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author learn about himself at Yale? How does he change from the start of his freshman year at Yale to his graduation? How might the author's future have been different if he had failed a class and been dropped from the premed program?

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