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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. In "Coming Into My Own," whose voice did the author hear when he encountered prejudice?
(a) His father's.
(b) His mother's.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.
(d) Dr. Long's.

2. What did the author receive for making the fifth-hour class the best unit in the school?
(a) He was given permission to leave school early.
(b) He received a certificate.
(c) He received a trophy.
(d) He was promoted to second lieutenant.

3. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?
(a) Science facts.
(b) Leadership skills.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Italian.

4. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?
(a) The judgment from his mother.
(b) The teasing and taunting from other kids.
(c) The principal who wrongfully accused him of cheating.
(d) The teacher who belittled him.

5. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?
(a) A book about Vietnam.
(b) A trip to the White House.
(c) A limo ride with General Westmoreland.
(d) A scholarship to West Point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the author initially turn to for work, when he could not find a job in the summer of 1971?

2. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?

3. Who introduced the author to Schubert's Eighth Symphony (Unfinished)?

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

5. In "Changing the Rules," the author says that _____ could get him in the door but _____ and quality of work were the real tests.

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