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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: A Terrible Temper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1961.

2. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?
(a) Recess.
(b) Weekly spelling bees.
(c) Book reports.
(d) Math quizzes.

3. Why did the author and his brother give up football in "Two Positives"?
(a) They thought the coach was too hard on them.
(b) They decided to join the math team instead.
(c) They were threatened by a group of men after practice.
(d) Their mother made them quit the team.

4. What hymn does the author say dissolves his negativity?
(a) "Nearer My God to Thee."
(b) "Just As I Am."
(c) "Amazing Grace."
(d) "Jesus Is All the World to Me."

5. In "A Terrible Temper," the author says once he reached the _____, he lost all _____.
(a) Top of the class/Motivation.
(b) Principal's office/Anger.
(c) Popular kids/Respect.
(d) Boiling point/Rational control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?

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

3. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.

4. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?

5. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?

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