1. How did arguments between the author and his mother change after the author turned eight?
(a) They began to argue in writing instead of in person.
(b) They started arguing about more mature topics.
(c) Their arguments became nastier and more personal.
(d) They stopped arguing altogether.

2. How did Abel respond when the author told him what happened under the mulberry tree?
(a) He hunted down the boys who beat the author and he beat up their ring leader.
(b) He told the author to go defend himself.
(c) He laughed at the author.
(d) He bought the author a new toy to cheer him up.

3. What happened when the author tried to show his friend how to burn his name into pieces of wood?
(a) The author and his friend started a moderately successful wood furnishing business.
(b) They wrote their names in the side of the house and got in trouble.
(c) His friend wrote a bad word and blamed it on the author.
(d) They accidentally burned down the author's friend's house.

4. Where did Abel go after he was forced to move out of the home of the white family he lived with?
(a) He was forced to live on the streets.
(b) He left to make it big in America.
(c) He bought an identical house across the street.
(d) He moved in with Patricia and the author.

5. What happened between the author and the pack of colored boys under the mulberry tree in Eden Park?
(a) They made him help them burn down the tree.
(b) They called him "Bushman" and pelted him with berries.
(c) They ate his berries right in front of him.
(d) They shared their berries with him.