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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 is the truth he learned much later about his father?
(a) That his father was abused as a child.
(b) That his father had another wife and other children.
(c) That his father did not believe in God.
(d) That his father had a history of substance abuse.

2. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because his house was in need of repair.
(b) Because most of the kids at school were rich.
(c) Because his clothes were dirty.
(d) Because he did not have a father.

3. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Dating.
(c) Thinking about college.
(d) Choosing a career.

4. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.
(a) Cook.
(b) Follow directions.
(c) Read.
(d) Do math.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when he was baptized for the second time?

2. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?

3. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?

4. What did the author begin to do, in tenth grade, instead of coming home after school?

5. Where did the author and his brother stay when his mother went away in Carrying the Load?

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