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

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

3. What holiday does the author recall made being 8-years-old the best year of his childhood?
(a) Easter.
(b) Halloween.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Valentine's Day.

4. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?
(a) He said he planned to study agriculture in college.
(b) He knew what flax was.
(c) He knew the dates of every war.
(d) He had memorized all of the United States Presidents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?

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

3. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?

4. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?

5. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?

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