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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: A Girl Named Maranda.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?
(a) Mrs. Miller.
(b) Mr. McCotter.
(c) Sgt. Bandy.
(d) Mr. Doakes.

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

3. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?
(a) Read his palm.
(b) Draw pictures on them.
(c) Play with the veins.
(d) Smack them.

4. What did Dr. Long propose, months after the author's return to Baltimore?
(a) That he become the chairman of surgery.
(b) That he open a private practice.
(c) That he consider a permanent move to Australia.
(d) That he become the chief of pediatric neurosurgery.

5. What did the author receive for making the fifth-hour class the best unit in the school?
(a) He was promoted to second lieutenant.
(b) He was given permission to leave school early.
(c) He received a certificate.
(d) He received a trophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What grade did the author receive in math that gave him hope?

3. What percent academic scholarship does the author say he received for college?

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

5. What does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?

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