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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 does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?
(a) Study.
(b) Cry.
(c) Stand outside in the cold.
(d) Die.

2. What grade did the author receive in math that gave him hope?
(a) C.
(b) B.
(c) D.
(d) A.

3. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Choosing a career.
(c) Dating.
(d) Thinking about college.

4. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?
(a) That his father was abused as a child.
(b) That his father had a history of substance abuse.
(c) That his father had another wife and other children.
(d) That his father did not believe in God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?

2. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?

3. Who does the author credit for helping him control his temper throughout his life?

4. In "Changing the Rules," the author says that _____ could get him in the door but _____ and quality of work were the real tests.

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

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