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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. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His father.
(c) Curtis.
(d) His mother.

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

3. What other role did the author's father serve in, that he recalls observing only once?
(a) His father played trumpet in a jazz band.
(b) His father volunteered as a crossing guard.
(c) His father was a member of the school board.
(d) His father was a Baptist minister.

4. In "A Terrible Temper," the author realized that if people could make him _____, they could ______.
(a) Study/Help him become a doctor.
(b) Angry/Control him.
(c) Successful/Find their own success.
(d) Pray/Help him control his temper.

5. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) His father.
(b) Bobby Farmer.
(c) Curtis.
(d) Mary Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?

2. In "A Terrible Temper," the author says once he reached the _____, he lost all _____.

3. What damage did the author do with a rock in "A Terrible Temper"?

4. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?

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

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