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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: Heartbreak.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Candy's family think was strange about her new church in "A Serious Step"?
(a) It embraced classical music.
(b) It met on Saturday.
(c) It offered weekly Bible classes.
(d) It forbade the drinking of alcohol.

2. How long did Maranda's hemispherectomy take in "Heartbreak"?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Twenty hours.

3. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?
(a) Relativity.
(b) Multiplicity.
(c) Plasticity.
(d) Serendipity.

4. What was Candy Rustin's real name in "A Serious Step"?
(a) Cena.
(b) Lacey.
(c) Carlie.
(d) Lacena.

5. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His pencil.
(d) His shoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?

3. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?

4. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

5. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?

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