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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Choosing a career.
(c) Thinking about college.
(d) Dating.

2. In "A Terrible Temper," what does the author say had become a daily habit?
(a) Working out.
(b) Reading the Bible.
(c) Punching a pillow.
(d) Playing clarinet.

3. How old was the author when he was baptized for the second time?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

4. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?
(a) Pretend nothing happened.
(b) Talk to his mother.
(c) Get counseling.
(d) Pray.

5. Who introduced the author to Schubert's Eighth Symphony (Unfinished)?
(a) Sharper.
(b) Curtis.
(c) Mrs. Miller.
(d) Sgt. Hunt.

6. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because his clothes were dirty.
(b) Because his house was in need of repair.
(c) Because he did not have a father.
(d) Because most of the kids at school were rich.

7. What did the author's mother buy for him that he rejected, saying they were the "wrong kind"?
(a) Pants.
(b) Art supplies.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Pretzels.

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

9. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?
(a) Study.
(b) Stand outside in the cold.
(c) Die.
(d) Cry.

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

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

12. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?
(a) That she let his father go.
(b) That she hid how bad things were during his childhood.
(c) That she never remarried.
(d) That she had low self-esteem.

13. In "A Serious Step," what happened to cause the author's car to spin out of control near Youngstown, Ohio?
(a) He fell asleep.
(b) He ran out of gas.
(c) He swerved to avoid an eighteen wheeler.
(d) A large rock crashed onto the windshield.

14. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?
(a) Lab technician at Wayne State University.
(b) Supervisor with a highway crew.
(c) Camp counselor.
(d) Volunteer at a hospital.

15. What type of work did the author's mother find in Boston?
(a) Secretarial work.
(b) Domestic work.
(c) Factory work.
(d) Restaurant work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Terrible Temper," the author realized that if people could make him _____, they could ______.

2. What does the author say about regulations in "Changing the Rules"?

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

4. What was the reason the author and his classmates were given for having to retake a test for the psychology class, Perceptions 101?

5. What instrument did the author play in ninth grade?

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