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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, While Father is Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Dave's father use for him?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Beanpole.
(d) Big Guy.

2. What does Dave's father eventually do when he keeps losing the arguments with his wife?
(a) He hides in the garage.
(b) He goes to bed.
(c) He packs a bag and goes to work.
(d) He sits and cries.

3. What are Dave and his brothers allowed to do on Christmas Eve in Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Open one present.
(b) Stay up late.
(c) Make cookies.
(d) Wait for Santa until they fall asleep.

4. Chapter 2, Good Times, who is in command of all family matters in Dave's household?
(a) They all make decisions as a family.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His mother and father make decisions together.

5. Near the end of summer in Chapter 6, While Father is Away, what does Dave's mother send him to do?
(a) Deliver newspapers.
(b) Mow lawns in the neighborhood.
(c) Wash windows in the neighborhood.
(d) Grocery shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's mother's name?

2. How does Dave refer to Mother's house after his father leaves?

3. What does Dave's mother teach him in a small trenched hole at the Russian River?

4. What does Dave's mother force him to drink that burns the flesh from his mouth?

5. Dave's mother pushes her finger down his throat, forcing him to vomit up the frozen food he stole at school. What does she do then?

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