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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college did the author decide to attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Yale.
(d) University of Michigan.

2. How did the author comfort himself about his capping on other students?
(a) He said he thought his father would approve.
(b) He said it was not his fault there were ugly people at school.
(c) He said he would only do it until he got some better clothes.
(d) He said that everyone did it, and it was the only way to survive.

3. Where did the author turn when he believed he could not pass an exam?
(a) To the campus tutoring center.
(b) To his academic adviser.
(c) To his mother.
(d) To God.

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

5. How did the author hurt a classmate who made him mad in "A Terrible Temper"?
(a) He insulted his mother.
(b) He put him in a head lock.
(c) He pushed him into a locker
(d) He hit him in the forehead with a lock.

6. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?
(a) 9 out of 30.
(b) 0 out of 30.
(c) 28 out of 30.
(d) 15 out of 30.

7. How did Alma Whittley help the author?
(a) She gave him information about the biology program at Wayne State University.
(b) She helped him get a job at Ford Motor Company.
(c) She helped him write an essay for his college application.
(d) She gave him a crash course in study skills.

8. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?
(a) To pursue a singing career.
(b) To visit her ex-husband.
(c) To gamble.
(d) A mental institution.

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

10. Who does the author say was the "earliest, strongest, and most impacting force" in his life?
(a) His father.
(b) His third grade teacher.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

11. What did the author, in "College Choices," score on his final chemistry exam?
(a) 100.
(b) 48.
(c) 79.
(d) 97.

12. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?
(a) Chores.
(b) School.
(c) Friends.
(d) Church.

13. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?
(a) That she go home.
(b) That she sing in the choir.
(c) That she keep practicing.
(d) That she try harder next time.

14. What does the author's mother call him in "Goodbye Daddy"?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Benjie.
(c) Bennie.
(d) Ben.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?

2. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?

3. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?

4. What year of college was the author in when he met Candy?

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

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