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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. Where did the author turn when he believed he could not pass an exam?

2. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?

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

4. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?

5. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the author respond to the news that his father was leaving the family?

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

6. Describe capping.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author treat people in other professions? What experiences influence how the author treats people outside the medical field? What has the author's mother taught him about people who work different jobs?

Essay Topic 2

What responsibility does the author feel to the Black community? What responsibility does he feel to all humans? Why does he pass up an opportunity that would allow him to help more Black patients?

Essay Topic 3

Is it better to allow someone to die naturally or to proceed with a risky surgery that may or may not save them? Compare personal beliefs to the author's.

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