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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 was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?
(a) To get back together with her ex-husband.
(b) To enroll her sons in private school.
(c) To go to night school.
(d) To reclaim the house the family once lived in.

2. What subtle way did the author's mother encourage him in "ROTC Triumph"?
(a) She left hints around the house about what college she wanted him to attend.
(b) She quoted poems and famous sayings to him.
(c) She read to him from the Bible.
(d) She lectured him.

3. What did the author believe would happen if he did not give an injured patient a lobectomy?
(a) The patient would die.
(b) The patient would experience brain damage.
(c) He would lose his job.
(d) He would disappoint his mentor.

4. How long did the author expect Maranda's surgery to be, in "A Girl Named Maranda"?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Twelve hours.

5. Where did the author and his brother stay when his mother went away in Carrying the Load?
(a) With their father.
(b) With relatives.
(c) Home alone.
(d) With neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother tell the author his father had done?

2. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?

3. What did the author's mother buy for him that he rejected, saying they were the "wrong kind"?

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

5. What did the author promise God after he took his exam, in "College Choices"?

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