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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 does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?
(a) That she had low self-esteem.
(b) That she let his father go.
(c) That she hid how bad things were during his childhood.
(d) That she never remarried.

2. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Rats.
(c) Roaches.
(d) Weeds.

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

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

5. Who does the author say was the "earliest, strongest, and most impacting force" in his life?
(a) His third grade teacher.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?

2. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.

3. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?

4. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?

5. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?

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