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

2. Why was the author surprised when he read the exam problems in the booklet, in "College Choices"?
(a) He had no idea how to solve the problems.
(b) They were identical to the ones he saw in a dream.
(c) The booklet included formulas that would help him solve the problems.
(d) He thought the problems were much easier than he expected.

3. What influential adult in "ROTC Triumph" told the author to "always put first things first"?
(a) Sgt. Bandy.
(b) Mr. Doakes.
(c) Mr. McCotter.
(d) Mrs. Miller.

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

5. Who does the author credit for helping him control his temper throughout his life?
(a) Curtis.
(b) His mother.
(c) God.
(d) Mary Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Serious Step," what happened to cause the author's car to spin out of control near Youngstown, Ohio?

2. What percent academic scholarship does the author say he received for college?

3. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?

4. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

5. What does the author say about regulations in "Changing the Rules"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the author has managed his temper in the years since he tried to kill his friend, Bob.

2. What factors led to the author being a poor student at Higgins Elementary School?

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

4. Why didn't the author get the job he was promised in the summer of 1971?

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

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

7. In "Two Positives," why did the author say he stopped hopping trains?

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

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

10. What significance did Mary Thomas have in the author's life?

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