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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. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?
(a) They were arguing over radio stations.
(b) The friend copied his homework without his permission.
(c) The friend made fun of his clothes.
(d) The friend insulted his mother.

2. What does Mother tell the author his father had done?
(a) Gotten a new job.
(b) Bad things.
(c) Gotten in a fight.
(d) Lost a bet.

3. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?
(a) Weekly spelling bees.
(b) Recess.
(c) Book reports.
(d) Math quizzes.

4. What damage did the author do with a rock in "A Terrible Temper"?
(a) He hit his mother with it.
(b) He smashed a window of a business in town.
(c) He broke his brother's model airplane.
(d) He broke a neighborhood kid's glasses and smashed his nose.

5. In "A Terrible Temper," what does the author say had become a daily habit?
(a) Working out.
(b) Reading the Bible.
(c) Playing clarinet.
(d) Punching a pillow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?

3. What did the author's mother buy for him that he rejected, saying they were the "wrong kind"?

4. How often did the author wear an ROTC uniform at school?

5. What does the author say he has in his heart, regardless of the conditions around him?

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