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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 Yale admissions office pay for the author and Candy to do before Thanksgiving 1972?
(a) Register in a marathon.
(b) Start a religious club on campus.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Recruit in Detroit area high schools.

2. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Premed.
(c) English.
(d) Music.

3. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?
(a) He moved back to his old house.
(b) He transferred to a school for gifted children.
(c) He got expelled from his old school.
(d) He moved back to Boston.

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

5. How much blood did Maranda lose during the hemispherectomy?
(a) Two pints.
(b) Twelve ounces.
(c) None.
(d) Nine pints.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Candy Rustin's real name in "A Serious Step"?

3. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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