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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. Why did the author and his brother give up football in "Two Positives"?
(a) They thought the coach was too hard on them.
(b) They decided to join the math team instead.
(c) They were threatened by a group of men after practice.
(d) Their mother made them quit the team.

2. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) Mary Thomas.
(b) Bobby Farmer.
(c) Curtis.
(d) His father.

3. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?
(a) Defensiveness.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Silence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?

2. What did the author receive for making the fifth-hour class the best unit in the school?

3. Who did the author initially turn to for work, when he could not find a job in the summer of 1971?

4. How did the author hurt a classmate who made him mad in "A Terrible Temper"?

5. Who is Curtis?

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