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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. In "A Terrible Temper," the author says once he reached the _____, he lost all _____.
(a) Boiling point/Rational control.
(b) Popular kids/Respect.
(c) Top of the class/Motivation.
(d) Principal's office/Anger.

2. What type of animal did the author decide to focus his brain research on, in "Coming Into My Own"?
(a) Rats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Mokeys.

3. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?
(a) Paradise Theater.
(b) A funeral home.
(c) A mill.
(d) A Cadillac plant.

4. In "Coming Into My Own," whose voice did the author hear when he encountered prejudice?
(a) His mother's.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.'s.
(c) His father's.
(d) Dr. Long's.

5. What celebrity came to Johns Hopkins to visit Beth while she was comatose?
(a) Fred Rogers.
(b) Barney.
(c) Julie Andrews.
(d) Big Bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say happened every time an instrument touched Maranda during her surgery?

2. How old was the author when he was baptized for the second time?

3. Before the author left for his interview in Baltimore, he decided that he wanted to be himself and be accepted or rejected by _____ and not _____.

4. Who took the author's family in once they arrived in a new city?

5. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?

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