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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: A Big Boy's Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?
(a) Weekly spelling bees.
(b) Book reports.
(c) Recess.
(d) Math quizzes.

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

3. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?
(a) He got an eye examination at school.
(b) He won a science competition.
(c) He met the President.
(d) He went to Disneyland.

4. How much education does the author say his mother had when she married?
(a) Tenth grade.
(b) Third grade.
(c) High school.
(d) College.

5. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?
(a) That she had low self-esteem.
(b) That she never remarried.
(c) That she let his father go.
(d) That she hid how bad things were during his childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author and his brother give up football in "Two Positives"?

2. The author told his mother that _____ are supposed to _____.

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

4. What group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?

5. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?

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