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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. The author told his mother that _____ are supposed to _____.
(a) Mothers/Obey their husbands.
(b) Mothers and fathers/Stay together.
(c) Boys/Cry.
(d) Fathers/Do as they please.

2. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?
(a) 23.
(b) 13.
(c) 28.
(d) 30.

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

4. What did the author discover when he began to read Proverbs?
(a) A chapter about a doctor who was a great healer.
(b) A string of verses about angry people.
(c) The language of the Bible made him even more angry.
(d) He did not understand the Bible.

5. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?
(a) Science facts.
(b) Classical music.
(c) Italian.
(d) Leadership skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday does the author recall made being 8-years-old the best year of his childhood?

2. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?

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

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

5. What rule did the author's mother set for his television watching?

(see the answer key)

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