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

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

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

4. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?
(a) Humor.
(b) Peace.
(c) Security.
(d) Love.

5. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?
(a) To get back together with her ex-husband.
(b) To enroll her sons in private school.
(c) To reclaim the house the family once lived in.
(d) To go to night school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author's family move, after his mother decided to rent their house?

2. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?

3. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?

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

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

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