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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 discover when he began to read Proverbs?
(a) He did not understand the Bible.
(b) A chapter about a doctor who was a great healer.
(c) A string of verses about angry people.
(d) The language of the Bible made him even more angry.

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

3. In "A Serious Step," who helped the author get a summer job at Sennet Steel?
(a) His mother.
(b) A stranger.
(c) A classmate
(d) Candy.

4. What grade did the author receive in math that gave him hope?
(a) D.
(b) C.
(c) B.
(d) A.

5. In "ROTC Triumph," why does the author say he looked forward to Sunday nights?
(a) To watch a quiz show on television.
(b) To study for the SAT.
(c) To put in long hours at the science lab.
(d) To visit the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did the author wear an ROTC uniform at school?

2. Why did the author change schools in the middle of eighth grade?

3. In "A Boy's Big Problem," why does the author say he hated to buy bread or milk at the store?

4. What year does the author say he no longer waited for his father to come home from work?

5. How did the author and his brother often travel to Wilson Junior High?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author make his college choice in "College Choices"?

2. Describe the plan the author's mother devised to help him improve his grades.

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

4. How did being poor impact the author in "A Boy's Big Problem"?

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

6. How did the author put an end to the capping, in "A Boy's Big Problem"?

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

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

9. How does the author take on the challenge of being student-sergeant for a rambunctious unit?

10. How was the author's family life after his father left?

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