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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 has in his heart, regardless of the conditions around him?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Anger.

2. What did the author promise God after he took his exam, in "College Choices"?
(a) To study longer for the next exam.
(b) To do something special for his mother.
(c) To go to church that weekend.
(d) To never put Him in that position again.

3. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?
(a) Oncologist.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Urologist.
(d) Psychiatrist.

4. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because he did not have a father.
(b) Because his clothes were dirty.
(c) Because most of the kids at school were rich.
(d) Because his house was in need of repair.

5. Where did the author's family move, after his mother decided to rent their house?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the psychology professor give the author for being the most honest student in the class?

3. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?

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. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?

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