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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 group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?
(a) The math and science teachers.
(b) The students in higher grades.
(c) The administrators.
(d) The kids who once teased him.

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

3. In "A Terrible Temper," what does the author say had become a daily habit?
(a) Working out.
(b) Punching a pillow.
(c) Reading the Bible.
(d) Playing clarinet.

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?
(a) A husband.
(b) Food stamps.
(c) A second job.
(d) A therapist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author comfort himself about his capping on other students?

3. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?

4. What does the author say he examined under the magnified lenses in Mr. Jaeck's class?

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

(see the answer key)

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