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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16: Little Beth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author's mother consistently ask him about, no matter how tired she was?
(a) Friends.
(b) Chores.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

2. What person does the author say came, when his mother "needed someone to care"?
(a) Mary Thomas.
(b) Bobby Farmer.
(c) Curtis.
(d) His father.

3. 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.

4. Where did the mother expect her sons to go each week, instead of watching television?
(a) To church.
(b) To do volunteer work at a nursing home.
(c) To an afterschool program.
(d) To the library.

5. What concept allowed Maranda to manage well without the left half of her brain?
(a) Plasticity.
(b) Multiplicity.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Serendipity.

Short Answer Questions

1. At 13, the author changed his goal of becoming a general practitioner to a what?

2. Who told the author he should "dress the way you want to be"?

3. In "A Serious Step," who helped the author get a summer job at Sennet Steel?

4. During what years was the author a resident at Johns Hopkins?

5. Who, in "ROTC Triumph," influenced the author to join ROTC?

(see the answer key)

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