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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. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.
(a) Follow directions.
(b) Cook.
(c) Do math.
(d) Read.

2. How old was the author when he learned that his father was leaving?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?
(a) He got expelled from his old school.
(b) He moved back to Boston.
(c) He transferred to a school for gifted children.
(d) He moved back to his old house.

4. In "Changing the Rules," the author says that _____ could get him in the door but _____ and quality of work were the real tests.
(a) Influence/Productivity.
(b) Money/Sacrifice.
(c) Good grades/Personality.
(d) Studying/Dreaming.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author discover when he began to read Proverbs?

3. In "A Terrible Temper," what does the author say had become a daily habit?

4. In "ROTC Triumph," why does the author say he looked forward to Sunday nights?

5. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

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