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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Coming Into My Own.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday does the author recall made being 8-years-old the best year of his childhood?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Easter.

2. Why did the author quit his job at Young and Rubicum Advertising?
(a) He lost interest in advertising.
(b) The commute was too tiresome.
(c) The job did not pay enough.
(d) He did not get along with his co-workers in the mail room.

3. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?
(a) His backpack.
(b) His pencil.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His shoes.

4. What does the author say interns called their white uniforms in "Coming Into My Own"?
(a) Doctor threads.
(b) Money gear.
(c) Monkey suits.
(d) Super whites.

5. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Roaches.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?

2. What influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?

3. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?

4. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?

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

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