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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Coming Into My Own.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author comfort himself about his capping on other students?
(a) He said it was not his fault there were ugly people at school.
(b) He said that everyone did it, and it was the only way to survive.
(c) He said he would only do it until he got some better clothes.
(d) He said he thought his father would approve.

2. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?
(a) The teasing and taunting from other kids.
(b) The judgment from his mother.
(c) The teacher who belittled him.
(d) The principal who wrongfully accused him of cheating.

3. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?
(a) Volunteer at a hospital.
(b) Camp counselor.
(c) Supervisor with a highway crew.
(d) Lab technician at Wayne State University.

4. Who did the author initially turn to for work, when he could not find a job in the summer of 1971?
(a) Mrs. Whittley.
(b) Mr. Seufert.
(c) Mr. Randall.
(d) Mr. Sandart.

5. Why did students walk out on the psychology test in "Changing the Rules"?
(a) There was a fight outside.
(b) There was a war protest.
(c) The room started to smell like smoke.
(d) The test was too hard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Alma Whittley?

2. What did "The Top One Hundred" program help the author learn?

3. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?

4. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?

5. What did the author receive for making the fifth-hour class the best unit in the school?

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