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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group at Wilson Junior High asked the author how to solve problems?
(a) The students in higher grades.
(b) The kids who once teased him.
(c) The administrators.
(d) The math and science teachers.

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

3. 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 mother.
(d) His brother.

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

5. 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 received a certificate.
(c) He received a trophy.
(d) He was promoted to second lieutenant.

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

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

8. How often did the author wear an ROTC uniform at school?
(a) Every day.
(b) Two days a week.
(c) Every Friday.
(d) Three days a week.

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

10. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?
(a) Draw pictures on them.
(b) Smack them.
(c) Read his palm.
(d) Play with the veins.

11. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Rats.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Roaches.

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

13. 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 brother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His dad.

14. What college group was Candy involved in that amazed the author?
(a) Honor Society.
(b) Yale Repertory Theatre.
(c) Yale Symphony and Bach Society.
(d) An underground newspaper.

15. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?
(a) He knew what flax was.
(b) He said he planned to study agriculture in college.
(c) He knew the dates of every war.
(d) He had memorized all of the United States Presidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence did the author face if he failed a college class?

2. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?

3. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?

4. Where did the author and his brother stay when his mother went away in Carrying the Load?

5. What hymn does the author say dissolves his negativity?

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