View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Three Special Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author, in "College Choices," score on his final chemistry exam?
(a) 97.
(b) 48.
(c) 79.
(d) 100.

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) The tests were inadvertently burned.
(b) There was too much talking during the first test.
(c) The tests were lost.
(d) No one passed the first test.

3. What gift does the author say has been an invaluable asset as a surgeon?
(a) His aptitude for math.
(b) His ability to attract friends.
(c) His ability to see in three dimensions.
(d) His physical coordination.

4. What damage did the author do with a rock in "A Terrible Temper"?
(a) He smashed a window of a business in town.
(b) He hit his mother with it.
(c) He broke his brother's model airplane.
(d) He broke a neighborhood kid's glasses and smashed his nose.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Serious Step," what happened to cause the author's car to spin out of control near Youngstown, Ohio?

2. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?

3. In "A Special Year," why was the author concerned about his wife traveling to Australia?

4. The author graduates _____ in his senior high school class.

5. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 310 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample