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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19: Separating Twins and the Rest of Their Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant sign of recovery did Maranda show after her hemispherectomy?
(a) She had little swelling.
(b) She talked.
(c) She sat up on the gurney.
(d) She slept.

2. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Rats.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Roaches.

3. What does the author say was a "golden opportunity," where there would be no outcries over Denise Baca's hemispherectomy?
(a) When the author was asked to televise the procedure.
(b) When his critic left for an overseas conference.
(c) When a judge ordered the operation.
(d) When Denise's family and friends held a candlelight vigil.

4. How does the author say Bo-Bo Valentine received her injury?
(a) She fell off a swing.
(b) She was attacked by a dog.
(c) She was hit by a truck.
(d) She was hit by a baseball.

5. What other role did the author's father serve in, that he recalls observing only once?
(a) His father volunteered as a crossing guard.
(b) His father was a member of the school board.
(c) His father played trumpet in a jazz band.
(d) His father was a Baptist minister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say he has in his heart, regardless of the conditions around him?

3. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?

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

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

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