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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. What score did the author receive on a math quiz that humiliated him?
(a) 0 out of 30.
(b) 15 out of 30.
(c) 9 out of 30.
(d) 28 out of 30.

2. Who was Alma Whittley?
(a) A supervisor at Wayne State University.
(b) A counselor at the author's high school.
(c) The author's cousin.
(d) The author's chemistry professor.

3. What object of the author's did a ninth grader in "A Boy's Big Problem" say had been through four world wars?
(a) His pencil.
(b) His backpack.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His shoes.

4. What does the author say he felt "constant temptation" to do at his new school?
(a) Skip class.
(b) Get a bad grade.
(c) Become one of the guys.
(d) Get a girlfriend.

5. Who introduced the author to Schubert's Eighth Symphony (Unfinished)?
(a) Sgt. Hunt.
(b) Curtis.
(c) Mrs. Miller.
(d) Sharper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?

3. In "A Boy's Big Problem," what does the author say his mother needed in order to provide for the family and keep up the house?

4. What did the author consider his biggest problem in tenth grade?

5. What was the author's mother determined to accomplish in Detroit?

(see the answer key)

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