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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 did the author believe would happen if he did not give an injured patient a lobectomy?
(a) The patient would die.
(b) The patient would experience brain damage.
(c) He would lose his job.
(d) He would disappoint his mentor.

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

3. What impression did the author have that his grades reinforced?
(a) That the schools in Detroit were not as good as the ones in Boston.
(b) That he was meant to be at a private school.
(c) That Black kids are not as smart as White kids.
(d) That his teacher did not like him.

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

5. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?
(a) Study.
(b) Stand outside in the cold.
(c) Die.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?

2. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?

3. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?

4. Who was Alma Whittley?

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

(see the answer key)

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