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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 the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Dating.
(c) Choosing a career.
(d) Thinking about college.

2. What job did the author recommend Candy try out for at his church in "A Serious Step"?
(a) Choir director.
(b) Organist.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Sabbath School teacher.

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

4. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) Bobby Farmer.
(b) Mary Thomas.
(c) His father.
(d) Curtis.

5. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?
(a) A second job.
(b) A therapist.
(c) Food stamps.
(d) A husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Serious Step," what happened to cause the author's car to spin out of control near Youngstown, Ohio?

3. How much blood did Maranda lose during the hemispherectomy?

4. Why did the author withdraw his applications to medical school programs at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Michigan State, and Wayne State?

5. What did Candy's family think was strange about her new church in "A Serious Step"?

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