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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 impression did the author have that his grades reinforced?
(a) That he was meant to be at a private school.
(b) That Black kids are not as smart as White kids.
(c) That his teacher did not like him.
(d) That the schools in Detroit were not as good as the ones in Boston.

2. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?
(a) 9 out of 30.
(b) 0 out of 30.
(c) 28 out of 30.
(d) 15 out of 30.

3. Who took the author's family in once they arrived in a new city?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His aunt and uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) Some friends of the family.

4. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?
(a) To gamble.
(b) A mental institution.
(c) To visit her ex-husband.
(d) To pursue a singing career.

5. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His mom.
(d) His dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?

2. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

3. What does Mother tell the author his father had done?

4. Where did the author and his brother stay when his mother went away in Carrying the Load?

5. Who is Curtis?

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