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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Eight Years Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say he liked to do with his father's hands?
(a) Smack them.
(b) Read his palm.
(c) Play with the veins.
(d) Draw pictures on them.

2. At the start of "Goodbye, Daddy," who told the author that his father was moving out of the family home?
(a) His dad.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mom.

3. The author told his mother that _____ are supposed to _____.
(a) Mothers and fathers/Stay together.
(b) Mothers/Obey their husbands.
(c) Boys/Cry.
(d) Fathers/Do as they please.

4. What frightened the author at the start of "Eight Years Old" that he says are bigger than cats?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Rats.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Roaches.

5. What does the author say worship services and Bible lessons frequently focused on?
(a) Bad parents.
(b) Missionary doctors.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. At times, the author says, his mother's refusal to settle for less came across as _____, _____, even _____ to him.

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

3. What does the author say he would do before he let his classmates know they hurt him?

4. In "Eight Years Old," what made the author feel worse than being at the bottom of his class at Higgins Elementary School?

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

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