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

2. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?
(a) He got an eye examination at school.
(b) He went to Disneyland.
(c) He met the President.
(d) He won a science competition.

3. What rule did the author's mother set for his television watching?
(a) He was no longer allowed to watch television.
(b) He could only watch television on Saturdays.
(c) He could watch television when he finished his homework.
(d) He could watch three programs a week.

4. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?
(a) The friend copied his homework without his permission.
(b) They were arguing over radio stations.
(c) The friend made fun of his clothes.
(d) The friend insulted his mother.

5. What was the reason the author and his classmates were given for having to retake a test for the psychology class, Perceptions 101?
(a) The tests were lost.
(b) There was too much talking during the first test.
(c) No one passed the first test.
(d) The tests were inadvertently burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the author quit his job at Young and Rubicum Advertising?

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

3. 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?

4. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?

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

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