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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. 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) Tenacious/Obnoxious/Ambitious.
(d) Motherly/Grandmotherly/Fatherly.

2. What did Maranda say, in "A Girl Named Maranda," that she wanted after her hemispherectomy?
(a) A doll.
(b) A better brain.
(c) A new haircut.
(d) No more seizures.

3. What does the author say is the truth he learned much later about his father?
(a) That his father did not believe in God.
(b) That his father was abused as a child.
(c) That his father had another wife and other children.
(d) That his father had a history of substance abuse.

4. When does the author say he worked at Wayne State University in one of the biology laboratories?
(a) The summer after his freshman year at Yale.
(b) The summer between his junior and senior year of high school.
(c) During spring break of his sophomore year at Yale.
(d) The year after he graduated from college.

5. What does the author say interns called their white uniforms in "Coming Into My Own"?
(a) Super whites.
(b) Money gear.
(c) Doctor threads.
(d) Monkey suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "ROTC Triumph," why does the author say he looked forward to Sunday nights?

2. What did Aubrey Tompkins suggest when Candy's audition at the church did not work out?

3. Why did the author nearly kill his friend, Bob, with a knife?

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

5. How much blood did Maranda lose during the hemispherectomy?

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