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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. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.
(a) Do math.
(b) Follow directions.
(c) Cook.
(d) Read.

2. 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 Black kids are not as smart as White kids.
(c) That he was meant to be at a private school.
(d) That his teacher did not like him.

3. What group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?
(a) The administrators.
(b) The kids who once teased him.
(c) The students in higher grades.
(d) The math and science teachers.

4. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?
(a) Tutor his friends.
(b) Shoplift clothes at the local department store.
(c) Play basketball.
(d) Work at a gas station.

5. Where did the author and his brother stay when his mother went away in Carrying the Load?
(a) With relatives.
(b) With their father.
(c) With neighbors.
(d) Home alone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "A Terrible Temper," the author realized that if people could make him _____, they could ______.

3. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?

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

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

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