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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?

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

3. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?

4. What did the author promise God after he took his exam, in "College Choices"?

5. How did Alma Whittley help the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did new glasses help the author in school?

6. Why did the author believe he was going to die in "A Serious Step"?

7. How does the author describe his mother in "Carrying the Load"?

8. What experience at college helped the author wash away some of his cockiness?

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

10. Describe capping.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's greatest accomplishment? How does this accomplishment make a difference? What might be different if the author did not achieve this?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the author strive to be the best, yet shy away from attention and praise? What is the author's motivation for excellence? What does the author personally gain from being a surgeon?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author feel that some rules can be broken? What rules does he break in his career? How does breaking rules make him more successful than if he he only followed guidelines set by others?

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