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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?
(a) His mom never sent him with enough money.
(b) He had to use food stamps and feared a friend might see him.
(c) It took away from his study time.
(d) He says the people at the store treated him rudely.

2. What did the author decide to do when he realized he could not control his temper?
(a) Get counseling.
(b) Pray.
(c) Talk to his mother.
(d) Pretend nothing happened.

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

4. What did the author promise God after he took his exam, in "College Choices"?
(a) To do something special for his mother.
(b) To study longer for the next exam.
(c) To go to church that weekend.
(d) To never put Him in that position again.

5. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A mill.
(c) A Cadillac plant.
(d) Paradise Theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Bobby Farmer impress the author during a history class?

2. Which of Candy's three college majors does the author say she eventually dropped?

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

4. What rule did the author's mother set for his television watching?

5. How does the author say Curtis' grades changed in the last year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason people say the author has "gifted hands"?

2. Describe the author's relationship with his father, prior to his leaving the family.

3. How does the author explain, in "College Choices" the miracle he experiences on a class exam?

4. What study strategy did the author develop in his second year of medical school to help him learn the material?

5. How was the author's new neighborhood in "Eight Years Old" different from his old one?

6. How did Mr. Jaeck nurture the author's gift for science?

7. What role did the English teacher, Mrs. Miller, play in the author's life, in "ROTC Triumph"?

8. What happened in "A Terrible Temper," when the author's mother brought him a new pair of pants?

9. How did the author get the crew he supervises to be more productive, in "Changing the Rules"?

10. What was the author's father like intellectually?

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