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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 group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?
(a) The administrators.
(b) The kids who once teased him.
(c) The students in higher grades.
(d) The math and science teachers.

2. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?
(a) Curtis.
(b) His mother.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His father.

3. Where did the mother expect her sons to go each week, instead of watching television?
(a) To an afterschool program.
(b) To do volunteer work at a nursing home.
(c) To church.
(d) To the library.

4. What rule did the author's mother set for his television watching?
(a) He was no longer allowed to watch television.
(b) He could only watch television on Saturdays.
(c) He could watch television when he finished his homework.
(d) He could watch three programs a week.

5. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?
(a) Technology.
(b) Vocational.
(c) Sports.
(d) College prep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author and his brother often travel to Wilson Junior High?

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

3. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?

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

5. Who does the author say was the "earliest, strongest, and most impacting force" in his life?

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