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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 does the author say in "Two Positives" was the worst part of school?

2. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?

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

4. Who tells a story in "Eight Years Old" that led the author to his first religious experience?

5. What method in "Two Positives" does the author say his family used to protect each other?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe capping.

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

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

5. What lessons does the author learn from working at Ford Motor Company?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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?

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