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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. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A Cadillac plant.
(c) Paradise Theater.
(d) A mill.

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

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

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

5. Where did the author's family move, after his mother decided to rent their house?
(a) New York City.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?

2. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?

3. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?

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

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

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