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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Sonoma County, California.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dave's favorite place in Golden Gate Park?
(a) The reflecting pool.
(b) The carousel.
(c) The beautiful flower gardens.
(d) The Steinhart Aquarium.

2. What does one of the ladies in the neighborhood give to Dave out of sympathy in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) A piece of cake.
(b) A new shirt.
(c) Lunch in a brown bag.
(d) Fifty cents.

3. What does Dave say when people at school ask him the cause of his bruises?
(a) He always says that he is clumsy and falls a lot.
(b) He uses ready-made excuses his mother told him.
(c) He mumbles incoherently.
(d) He makes up lies on the spot.

4. When Dave is called back to the office from his classroom in Chapter 1, The Rescue, who is there to see him?
(a) His mother and brothers.
(b) His mother and Mr. Hansen.
(c) A policeman, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Zeigler, and Miss Woods.
(d) His mother and father.

5. Why does the school nurse begin to be interested in Dave's condition in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) She notices Dave's wretched appearance.
(b) One of the other children reports Dave's condition to her.
(c) One of Dave's neighbors calls the school.
(d) The substitute teacher reports Dave's condition to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest does Dave win in the fifth grade?

2. How does Dave's mother refer to him by in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

3. By Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer, when does Dave believe he will be free of his mother?

4. What is the one thing Dave wants, even more than food in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

5. What kind of a housekeeper is Dave's mother during the good times?

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