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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Eight Years Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?
(a) Restaurant work.
(b) Domestic work.
(c) Secretarial work.
(d) Factory work.

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

3. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?
(a) The teasing and taunting from other kids.
(b) The principal who wrongfully accused him of cheating.
(c) The judgment from his mother.
(d) The teacher who belittled him.

4. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?
(a) Draw pictures on them.
(b) Play with the veins.
(c) Smack them.
(d) Read his palm.

5. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?
(a) That his father had a history of substance abuse.
(b) That his father had another wife and other children.
(c) That his father was abused as a child.
(d) That his father did not believe in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say worship services and Bible lessons frequently focused on?

2. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?

3. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?

4. How old was the author when he learned that his father was leaving?

5. Who took the author's family in once they arrived in a new city?

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