Chapters 1-8 Ben Carson
Ben found how much money when he was walking to the Chapel?
Ten dollars
Ben's mother grew up in
Tennessee.
How did Ben fix his anger?
The Bible
What was wrong with the students in the 5th period ROTC class?
They were unruly, uncooperative, and exasperating.
Ben could only watch how many TV shows per week?
Three
Ben's mother made him write how many book reports per week?
Two
In Sonya Carson's letter, who is to blame if you make a mistake?
Yourself
How does Ben Carson help students go to college?
Scholarship money
Chemistry is what type of class?
Science
Why couldn't Ben's mother read?
She dropped out of school in the third grade.
Ben's mothers name
Sonya Carson
Sonya, Ben, and Curtis moved to Boston, Massachusetts because
Sonya couldn't pay the bills.
Ben was teased at school because of his
clothes.
Ben started prayed in order to
control his temper.
Each week, Ben was expected to go to the
library and study.
Ben lost his temper and he threw a
lock at his classmate and made a three inch gash in his head.
Ben did not accept the scholarship that West Point gave him because he
wanted to be a doctor.
All of the students at Yale spent a lot of money, they were
wealthy.
Ben was how old when his father left?
Eight
Who came to Ben in a dream and helped him to pass his Chemistry final?
A shadowy figure/God
Sergeant Hunt challenged Ben, what was his challenge?
Ben took over the 5th period ROTC class.
Robert Carson is
Ben's father.
Ben was failing what class his first semester at Yale?
Chemistry
How did Ben know more about the ROTC program than anyone else?
Curtis was in the ROTC
Ben's brother's name is
Curtis.
Ben's nickname in fifth grade was
Dummy.
What happen to Ben that allowed him to see better and to pull up his grades?
Eye glasses
During the summers to save money, Ben worked at
Ford Motor Company and the Biology Laboratory.
Sonya Carson made how much money per month?
Four to five hundred dollars.
What two colleges was Ben trying to divide between?
Harvard and Yale
What hospital does Ben work for?
John Hopkins Hospital
Ben is a
Neurosurgeon.
Was Ben's family on Welfare?
No, Sonya Carson wanted to pay the bills on her own.
Sonya Carson made how much money per week?
One hundred dollars.
Ben made the highest score on the
ROTC exam.
What college did Ben attend?
Yale
Was Ben's challenge successful? Did he "fix" the students?
Yes, Ben was promoted and the fifth period class became the top ROTC class.
When Ben moved to Boston he lived in an
apartment with his aunt and uncle.
Ben's peers at Hunter Junior High criticized him, the students call it
capping.
Ben was afraid of the rats in Boston, he said they were as big as
cats.
Ben nearly killed his friend Bob because he
changed the radio station.
Ben would hide when he went to the grocery story because he did not want his peers to see him with
food stamps.
Ben's mom divorced Ben's dad because he
had another family.
Ben thought Yale was lucky to have him until he realized that
he was not the only bright student at Yale.
Ben was given ten dollars through a reward for being
honest.
When Ben was teased at school, he
ignored his peers.
Ben became head of a crew of guys and their job was to
pick up trash.
Ben's mother said that if he learned to
read, he could do anything!
No matter how tired Sonya Carson was, She always asked her boys about
school.
One of Ben's major accomplishments was
separating the twins.
Ben asked his mother to buy him an Italian knit shirt and it was
seventy-five dollars.
Ben almost killed his friend by
stabbing him.
When Ben was in high school, he would cram for a day, take a test and pass. In college, Ben learned he had to
study every single day in order to pass.
Ben changed schools when he was in the 8th grade in order to move back to
the house on Deacon Street.
Ben's mother got married when she was
thirteen.
