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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 score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?
(a) 0 out of 30.
(b) 9 out of 30.
(c) 28 out of 30.
(d) 15 out of 30.

2. What was the reason the author and his classmates were given for having to retake a test for the psychology class, Perceptions 101?
(a) No one passed the first test.
(b) The tests were inadvertently burned.
(c) The tests were lost.
(d) There was too much talking during the first test.

3. How did Alma Whittley help the author?
(a) She gave him a crash course in study skills.
(b) She gave him information about the biology program at Wayne State University.
(c) She helped him write an essay for his college application.
(d) She helped him get a job at Ford Motor Company.

4. What did the psychology professor give the author for being the most honest student in the class?
(a) A ten-dollar bill.
(b) A certificate.
(c) Extra credit.
(d) A subscription to Psychology Today.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does the author say he worked at Wayne State University in one of the biology laboratories?

4. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?

5. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?

(see the answer key)

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