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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) Dating.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Thinking about college.
(d) Choosing a career.

2. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Gym class.
(c) Learning about General Custer.
(d) Capping.

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

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

5. What year of college was the author in when he met Candy?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Senior.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Yale admissions office pay for the author and Candy to do before Thanksgiving 1972?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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