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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: Three Special Children.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What consequence did the author face if he failed a college class?
(a) He would be sent home.
(b) He would be put on probation.
(c) He would be fined.
(d) He could no longer be in the premed program.

2. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?
(a) The friend insulted his mother.
(b) The friend copied his homework without his permission.
(c) They were arguing over radio stations.
(d) The friend made fun of his clothes.

3. How did Alma Whittley help the author?
(a) She gave him a crash course in study skills.
(b) She gave him information about the biology program at Wayne State University.
(c) She helped him get a job at Ford Motor Company.
(d) She helped him write an essay for his college application.

4. What is a pupilary response?
(a) When pupils respond to light.
(b) When students answers a teacher's question.
(c) When someone goes blind.
(d) When someone's eyes react to dust or other foreign objects.

5. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.
(a) Nagging/Demanding/Heartless.
(b) Devotion/Inspiration/Selfless.
(c) Motherly/Grandmotherly/Fatherly.
(d) Tenacious/Obnoxious/Ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?

2. How much education does the author say his mother had when she married?

3. What college did the author decide to attend?

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

5. Who took the author's family in once they arrived in a new city?

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