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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 did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?
(a) Chores.
(b) Friends.
(c) Church.
(d) School.

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

3. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?
(a) 13.
(b) 23.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

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

5. The author told his mother that _____ are supposed to _____.
(a) Mothers and fathers/Stay together.
(b) Boys/Cry.
(c) Mothers/Obey their husbands.
(d) Fathers/Do as they please.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author's mother call him in "Goodbye Daddy"?

3. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?

4. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?

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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