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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 significant sign of recovery did Maranda show after her hemispherectomy?
(a) She sat up on the gurney.
(b) She slept.
(c) She talked.
(d) She had little swelling.

2. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?
(a) Shoplift clothes at the local department store.
(b) Tutor his friends.
(c) Play basketball.
(d) Work at a gas station.

3. What does the author believe, even after losing Jennifer, about his relationship to patients?
(a) He believes nurses should break bad news to parents for him.
(b) He thinks it is fine to be emotionally attached.
(c) He believes he will cry whenever he loses a patient.
(d) He feels he is a father figure to his patients.

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

5. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?
(a) Skip class.
(b) Get a girlfriend.
(c) Become one of the guys.
(d) Get a bad grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What job did the author recommend Candy try out for at his church in "A Serious Step"?

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