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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced the author to Schubert's Eighth Symphony (Unfinished)?

2. What "wonderful summer job" did the author take after his first year at Yale?

3. In what year did the author's family move back to Detroit?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author's mother teach her sons that she learned at work?

2. What is the reason people say the author has "gifted hands"?

3. What was the final event that led the author to break down and find determination to resolve his temper?

4. What was the author's father like intellectually?

5. Describe how the author has managed his temper in the years since he tried to kill his friend, Bob.

6. How does the author learn about the arts in "ROTC Triumph"?

7. How did the author's mother protect him and his brother?

8. What happened in "A Terrible Temper," when the author's mother brought him a new pair of pants?

9. How did being poor impact the author in "A Boy's Big Problem"?

10. How was the author's new neighborhood in "Eight Years Old" different from his old one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the author know about his mother's mental condition while he is growing up? How does the author feel about his mother, once he learns of her psychological struggles? How might the author's perception of his mother change, as he learns more about the brain?

Essay Topic 2

What responsibility does the author feel to the Black community? What responsibility does he feel to all humans? Why does he pass up an opportunity that would allow him to help more Black patients?

Essay Topic 3

What does the author learn about himself at Yale? How does he change from the start of his freshman year at Yale to his graduation? How might the author's future have been different if he had failed a class and been dropped from the premed program?

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