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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What percent academic scholarship does the author say he received for college?
(a) 50%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 90%.

3. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?
(a) His mother.
(b) Curtis.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His father.

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

5. Who is Curtis?
(a) The author's cousin.
(b) The author's grandfather.
(c) The author's brother.
(d) The author's father.

6. When does the author say he worked at Wayne State University in one of the biology laboratories?
(a) The year after he graduated from college.
(b) The summer between his junior and senior year of high school.
(c) The summer after his freshman year at Yale.
(d) During spring break of his sophomore year at Yale.

7. What hymn does the author say dissolves his negativity?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Nearer My God to Thee."
(c) "Jesus Is All the World to Me."
(d) "Just As I Am."

8. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?
(a) He transferred to a school for gifted children.
(b) He moved back to Boston.
(c) He got expelled from his old school.
(d) He moved back to his old house.

9. What gift does the author say has been an invaluable asset as a surgeon?
(a) His aptitude for math.
(b) His ability to attract friends.
(c) His ability to see in three dimensions.
(d) His physical coordination.

10. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?
(a) The friend made fun of his clothes.
(b) They were arguing over radio stations.
(c) The friend insulted his mother.
(d) The friend copied his homework without his permission.

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

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

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

14. Why did the author withdraw his applications to medical school programs at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Michigan State, and Wayne State?
(a) He received a fellowship to study abroad.
(b) He was accepted to the University of Michigan.
(c) He decided to take a year off to get married.
(d) He realized he applied to too many programs.

15. How old was the author when he learned that his father was leaving?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?

2. What damage did the author do with a rock in "A Terrible Temper"?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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