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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 influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?
(a) Sgt. Bandy.
(b) Mrs. Miller.
(c) Mr. Doakes.
(d) Mr. McCotter.

2. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?
(a) That was where he got his tonsils taken out.
(b) Every television or newspaper medical story seemed to feature someone there.
(c) `Someone from the hospital visited his school.
(d) His mom suggested that he practice medicine there.

3. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Rats.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Roaches.

4. How did the author comfort himself about his capping on other students?
(a) He said he thought his father would approve.
(b) He said it was not his fault there were ugly people at school.
(c) He said he would only do it until he got some better clothes.
(d) He said that everyone did it, and it was the only way to survive.

5. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?
(a) Sonya.
(b) Curtis.
(c) Mrs. Williamson.
(d) Pastor Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?

2. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?

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

4. In "College Choices," why did the author want to be alone after his "miracle" exam?

5. What instrument did the author play in ninth grade?

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