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

2. Who does the author credit for helping him control his temper throughout his life?
(a) Mary Thomas.
(b) Curtis.
(c) God.
(d) His mother.

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

4. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?
(a) Restaurant work.
(b) Secretarial work.
(c) Factory work.
(d) Domestic work.

5. What does the author say he examined under the magnified lenses in Mr. Jaeck's class?
(a) Blades of grass.
(b) Blood.
(c) Skin cells.
(d) Protozoa from water samples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?

2. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

3. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?

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

5. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?

(see the answer key)

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