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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author fear about Southbury Training School?
(a) The people that lived there.
(b) The attendants.
(c) The hallways.
(d) The people that lived there and the attendants.

2. Who does the author remember at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) His first wife.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His first house.

3. What did the author's fear drive him to do?
(a) Leave the cabin.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Sleep with the lights on.
(d) Go to work with his parents.

4. In what season did the author's friendship blossom, in Chapter 3?
(a) Wintertime.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summertime.

5. How did Jean plan to make money in Chapter 3?
(a) Charging for private lessons on horseback riding.
(b) Cab rides.
(c) Selling hunting gear.
(d) Renting his house out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a description made by the author about the pianist?

2. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?

3. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?

4. When was the author confronted by a teacher at Southbury?

5. What are Chapters 2 and 3 examples of in relation to most autobiographies?

(see the answer key)

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