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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: ROTC Triumph.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?
(a) Mr. Doakes.
(b) Mrs. Miller.
(c) Mr. McCotter.
(d) Sgt. Bandy.

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

3. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1974.

4. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.
(a) Nagging/Demanding/Heartless.
(b) Tenacious/Obnoxious/Ambitious.
(c) Devotion/Inspiration/Selfless.
(d) Motherly/Grandmotherly/Fatherly.

5. In "A Terrible Temper," the author says once he reached the _____, he lost all _____.
(a) Boiling point/Rational control.
(b) Top of the class/Motivation.
(c) Popular kids/Respect.
(d) Principal's office/Anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

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

4. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?

5. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?

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