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

2. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?
(a) A husband.
(b) A therapist.
(c) A second job.
(d) Food stamps.

3. What subtle way did the author's mother encourage him in "ROTC Triumph"?
(a) She quoted poems and famous sayings to him.
(b) She lectured him.
(c) She read to him from the Bible.
(d) She left hints around the house about what college she wanted him to attend.

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 teacher who belittled him.
(b) The teasing and taunting from other kids.
(c) The principal who wrongfully accused him of cheating.
(d) The judgment from his mother.

5. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because he did not have a father.
(b) Because most of the kids at school were rich.
(c) Because his house was in need of repair.
(d) Because his clothes were dirty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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