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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. Where did the author choose to sleep due to his fears about Southbury Training School, in Chapter 4?
(a) Outside.
(b) The car.
(c) In a closet.
(d) Under the car.

2. What does the author describe grew between the pianist and Jean?
(a) A growing enmity.
(b) A loving relationship.
(c) A growing friendship.
(d) Homosexuality.

3. What other memory does the author also narrate at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) A frightening encounter with Jean's alcoholic brother.
(b) A near death experience.
(c) Going fishing.
(d) A conversation he had with his mom.

4. Where did the author and his family go at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Florida.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

5. In Chapter 3, who said "I feel like I've been on this trip all my life"?
(a) The author's mom.
(b) Jean.
(c) Alison.
(d) The author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the experimental boarding school the author describes in Chapter 1?

2. How was the author treated by one of the teachers at Southbury?

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

4. How old was the author when his father died?

5. What does the author recall about the conditions of the person he remembers in Chapter 1?

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