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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Changing the Rules.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His teacher.
(d) Her mother.

4. What was the author offered, after he had dinner with Congressional Medal winners?
(a) A trip to the White House.
(b) A book about Vietnam.
(c) A limo ride with General Westmoreland.
(d) A scholarship to West Point.

5. How old was the author's mother when she married his father?
(a) 23.
(b) 28.
(c) 13.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did students walk out on the psychology test in "Changing the Rules"?

2. When does the author say he worked at Wayne State University in one of the biology laboratories?

3. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?

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

5. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?

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