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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: A Big Boy's Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened halfway through the author's fifth grade year?
(a) He won a science competition.
(b) He met the President.
(c) He went to Disneyland.
(d) He got an eye examination at school.

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 mom.
(d) His grandmother.

3. Why does the author say he felt the stigma of being poor more acutely?
(a) Because his clothes were dirty.
(b) Because his house was in need of repair.
(c) Because he did not have a father.
(d) Because most of the kids at school were rich.

4. The author's mother told him if he could _____, he could learn just about anything he wanted to know.
(a) Do math.
(b) Follow directions.
(c) Read.
(d) Cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression did the author have that his grades reinforced?

2. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?

3. Where did the author's mother go when she said she was staying with relatives?

4. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?

5. What other role did the author's father serve in, that he recalls observing only once?

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