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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 person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) Bobby Farmer.
(b) His father.
(c) Mary Thomas.
(d) Curtis.

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

3. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?
(a) Mrs. Williamson.
(b) Pastor Ford.
(c) Sonya.
(d) Curtis.

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

5. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?
(a) Silence.
(b) Defensiveness.
(c) Love.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?

2. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?

3. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?

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

5. How does the author say Curtis' grades changed in the last year?

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