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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. Which of the following was NOT an outcome of Ligget's punishment?
(a) The other boys were never punished.
(b) He was taken to the hospital with a broken jaw.
(c) He never went back to school.
(d) He got a stomach virus.

2. According to Chapter 3, what did the author and his friend do in their free time?
(a) Explore the wilderness.
(b) Camp.
(c) Go to baseball games.
(d) Play house.

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

4. What does the author describe at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) His education.
(b) His thought process.
(c) Vivid recollections of leaving Freemont.
(d) A dream.

5. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?
(a) Before dinner.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) After work.
(d) After school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies the author at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

3. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?

4. Who of the following is NOT mentioned being with the author at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. What does the author describe in the prologue?

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