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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 receive for making the fifth-hour class the best unit in the school?
(a) He was promoted to second lieutenant.
(b) He received a trophy.
(c) He was given permission to leave school early.
(d) He received a certificate.

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

3. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?
(a) Security.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) Humor.

4. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His pencil.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His backpack.

5. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?
(a) His mom.
(b) His dad.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandmother.

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

7. The author graduates _____ in his senior high school class.
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

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

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

10. What type of curriculum did the school counselor enroll Curtis in, in Carrying the Load?
(a) Technology.
(b) Sports.
(c) College prep.
(d) Vocational.

11. Where did the mother expect her sons to go each week, instead of watching television?
(a) To church.
(b) To the library.
(c) To an afterschool program.
(d) To do volunteer work at a nursing home.

12. How does the author say Curtis' grades changed in the last year?
(a) They changed very little.
(b) They were mostly failing grades.
(c) They had been climbing.
(d) They had gone from good to great.

13. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1980.

14. What rule did the author's mother set for his television watching?
(a) He could watch television when he finished his homework.
(b) He could only watch television on Saturdays.
(c) He could watch three programs a week.
(d) He was no longer allowed to watch television.

15. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?

3. In "Changing the Rules," what common interest did the author share with attorney Ward Randall, Jr.?

4. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?

5. In "College Choices," why did the author want to be alone after his "miracle" exam?

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