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

2. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?
(a) Food stamps.
(b) A therapist.
(c) A husband.
(d) A second job.

3. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?
(a) A limo ride with General Westmoreland.
(b) A book about Vietnam.
(c) A trip to the White House.
(d) A scholarship to West Point.

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

5. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Oncologist.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Urologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did the author recommend Candy try out for at his church in "A Serious Step"?

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

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

4. In "Changing the Rules," the author says that _____ could get him in the door but _____ and quality of work were the real tests.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the author impressed in the ROTC by a student named Sharper?

2. What did the author's mother teach her sons that she learned at work?

3. Why did the author initially fall behind in his college studies?

4. What are the reasons the author gives in "A Serious Step" for not being ready for love?

5. How did the author's mother mask her mental problems?

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

7. Why did a photographer from the Yale Daily News take a picture of the author in "Changing the Rules"?

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

9. How does the author learn about the arts in "ROTC Triumph"?

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

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