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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subtle way did the author's mother encourage him in "ROTC Triumph"?
(a) She lectured him.
(b) She quoted poems and famous sayings to him.
(c) She read to him from the Bible.
(d) She left hints around the house about what college she wanted him to attend.

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

3. How much education does the author say his mother had when she married?
(a) College.
(b) Third grade.
(c) High school.
(d) Tenth grade.

4. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?
(a) Supervisor with a highway crew.
(b) Camp counselor.
(c) Lab technician at Wayne State University.
(d) Volunteer at a hospital.

5. In "College Choices," how long did the author spend studying for his exam?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) All night.

6. What did the Yale admissions office pay for the author and Candy to do before Thanksgiving 1972?
(a) Buy a house.
(b) Start a religious club on campus.
(c) Recruit in Detroit area high schools.
(d) Register in a marathon.

7. How does the author say Curtis' grades changed in the last year?
(a) They were mostly failing grades.
(b) They had been climbing.
(c) They changed very little.
(d) They had gone from good to great.

8. What holiday does the author recall made being 8-years-old the best year of his childhood?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Easter.

9. What impression did the author have that his grades reinforced?
(a) That his teacher did not like him.
(b) That the schools in Detroit were not as good as the ones in Boston.
(c) That he was meant to be at a private school.
(d) That Black kids are not as smart as White kids.

10. Why was the author surprised when he read the exam problems in the booklet, in "College Choices"?
(a) They were identical to the ones he saw in a dream.
(b) He thought the problems were much easier than he expected.
(c) The booklet included formulas that would help him solve the problems.
(d) He had no idea how to solve the problems.

11. What does the author say he examined under the magnified lenses in Mr. Jaeck's class?
(a) Blood.
(b) Protozoa from water samples.
(c) Skin cells.
(d) Blades of grass.

12. Where does the author describe his father working, until his retirement in the 1970s?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A Cadillac plant.
(c) Paradise Theater.
(d) A mill.

13. What does the author say was his one complaint about his mother?
(a) That she hid how bad things were during his childhood.
(b) That she never remarried.
(c) That she had low self-esteem.
(d) That she let his father go.

14. Why did the author become interested in Johns Hopkins University Hospital at the age of 10?
(a) That was where he got his tonsils taken out.
(b) `Someone from the hospital visited his school.
(c) Every television or newspaper medical story seemed to feature someone there.
(d) His mom suggested that he practice medicine there.

15. What does the author say his mother brought a sense of to the family?
(a) Humor.
(b) Security.
(c) Peace.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did the author recommend Candy try out for at his church in "A Serious Step"?

2. What damage did the author do with a rock in "A Terrible Temper"?

3. How did Alma Whittley help the author?

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

5. What was Candy Rustin's real name in "A Serious Step"?

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