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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 met on Saturday.
(b) It embraced classical music.
(c) It offered weekly Bible classes.
(d) It forbade the drinking of alcohol.

2. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because his clothes were dirty.
(b) Because most of the kids at school were rich.
(c) Because he did not have a father.
(d) Because his house was in need of repair.

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

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

5. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?
(a) That she sing in the choir.
(b) That she try harder next time.
(c) That she go home.
(d) That she keep practicing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?

2. What does the author believe, even after losing Jennifer, about his relationship to patients?

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

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

5. How old was the author when he was baptized for the second time?

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