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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Maranda's hemispherectomy take in "Heartbreak"?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Ten hours.
(d) Twenty hours.

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

3. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Dating.
(b) Choosing a career.
(c) Thinking about college.
(d) Clothes.

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

5. What was the reason the author and his classmates were given for having to retake a test for the psychology class, Perceptions 101?
(a) There was too much talking during the first test.
(b) The tests were inadvertently burned.
(c) No one passed the first test.
(d) The tests were lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much blood did Maranda lose during the hemispherectomy?

2. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?

3. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?

4. What hymn does the author say dissolves his negativity?

5. What did Maranda say, in "A Girl Named Maranda," that she wanted after her hemispherectomy?

(see the answer key)

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