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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) Choosing a career.
(b) Thinking about college.
(c) Dating.
(d) Clothes.

2. What instrument did the author play in ninth grade?
(a) Cornet.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Cello.
(d) Baritone.

3. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?
(a) That she never remarried.
(b) That she hid how bad things were during his childhood.
(c) That she had low self-esteem.
(d) That she let his father go.

4. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?
(a) To reclaim the house the family once lived in.
(b) To get back together with her ex-husband.
(c) To enroll her sons in private school.
(d) To go to night school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?

2. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?

3. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?

4. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?

5. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.

(see the answer key)

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