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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Changing the Rules.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?
(a) His pencil.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His backpack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author graduates _____ in his senior high school class.

3. In "College Choices," how long did the author spend studying for his exam?

4. In "A Terrible Temper," what does the author say had become a daily habit?

5. What other role did the author's father serve in, that he recalls observing only once?

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