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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Little Beth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother tell the author his father had done?
(a) Bad things.
(b) Gotten in a fight.
(c) Lost a bet.
(d) Gotten a new job.

2. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?
(a) A trip to the White House.
(b) A book about Vietnam.
(c) A scholarship to West Point.
(d) A limo ride with General Westmoreland.

3. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?
(a) That was where he got his tonsils taken out.
(b) His mom suggested that he practice medicine there.
(c) Every television or newspaper medical story seemed to feature someone there.
(d) `Someone from the hospital visited his school.

4. In "A Terrible Temper," the author realized that if people could make him _____, they could ______.
(a) Pray/Help him control his temper.
(b) Study/Help him become a doctor.
(c) Successful/Find their own success.
(d) Angry/Control him.

5. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?
(a) His father.
(b) His teacher.
(c) Curtis.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Beth Usher, in "Little Beth," receive a bump that later caused her first seizure?

2. What job did the author recommend Candy try out for at his church in "A Serious Step"?

3. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?

4. How many applications for neurosurgery residency does the author say Johns Hopkins averaged?

5. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?

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