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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. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1951.

2. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1974.

3. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.
(a) Nagging/Demanding/Heartless.
(b) Motherly/Grandmotherly/Fatherly.
(c) Tenacious/Obnoxious/Ambitious.
(d) Devotion/Inspiration/Selfless.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What impression did the author have that his grades reinforced?

5. How much education does the author say his mother had when she married?

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