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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did students walk out on the psychology test in "Changing the Rules"?
(a) The test was too hard.
(b) There was a war protest.
(c) The room started to smell like smoke.
(d) There was a fight outside.

2. What year of college was the author in when he met Candy?
(a) Junior.
(b) Senior.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Sophomore.

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

4. What was the reason the author and his classmates were given for having to retake a test for the psychology class, Perceptions 101?
(a) There was too much talking during the first test.
(b) The tests were lost.
(c) No one passed the first test.
(d) The tests were inadvertently burned.

5. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?
(a) Italian.
(b) Science facts.
(c) Leadership skills.
(d) Classical music.

6. What does the author say was an embarrassing and painful experience at Hunter Junior High?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Capping.
(c) Gym class.
(d) Learning about General Custer.

7. In "ROTC Triumph," why does the author say he looked forward to Sunday nights?
(a) To study for the SAT.
(b) To watch a quiz show on television.
(c) To put in long hours at the science lab.
(d) To visit the Detroit Institute of Arts.

8. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?
(a) The teacher who belittled him.
(b) The judgment from his mother.
(c) The principal who wrongfully accused him of cheating.
(d) The teasing and taunting from other kids.

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

10. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) His father.

11. Where did the author's family move, after his mother decided to rent their house?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Detroit.

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

13. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?
(a) English.
(b) Music.
(c) Premed.
(d) Psychology.

14. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?
(a) Pastor Ford.
(b) Sonya.
(c) Mrs. Williamson.
(d) Curtis.

15. In "Changing the Rules," the author says that _____ could get him in the door but _____ and quality of work were the real tests.
(a) Influence/Productivity.
(b) Money/Sacrifice.
(c) Good grades/Personality.
(d) Studying/Dreaming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Yale admissions office pay for the author and Candy to do before Thanksgiving 1972?

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

3. Why was the author surprised when he read the exam problems in the booklet, in "College Choices"?

4. Where did the author turn when he believed he could not pass an exam?

5. What did the psychology professor give the author for being the most honest student in the class?

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