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

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

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

4. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?
(a) To visit her ex-husband.
(b) To pursue a singing career.
(c) To gamble.
(d) A mental institution.

5. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?
(a) Urologist.
(b) Psychiatrist.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Oncologist.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who introduced the author to Schubert's Eighth Symphony (Unfinished)?

3. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?

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

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

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