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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 does Dave's father promise him as they talk quietly together in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) He will force Mother to stop her abuse.
(b) He will bring food to Dave every day.
(c) He will have Mother locked up.
(d) Someday they will leave Mother's house.

2. What does Dave's mother explain to her children while their cat is having kittens?
(a) How cats mate.
(b) The miracle of birth.
(c) Not to touch the kittens.
(d) To keep away from the mother cat.

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

4. What does Dave's mother teach him in a small trenched hole at the Russian River?
(a) How to catch minnows.
(b) How to catch crayfish.
(c) How to swim.
(d) How to fish.

5. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she receives a call from the principal about Dave's condition in in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) She puts Dave in the basement all night.
(b) She ties Dave to a chair for the night.
(c) She gives Dave two bloody noses and knocks out a tooth.
(d) She resists the urge to beat Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's plan when he cannot steal food from school anymore?

2. What does Dave's teacher, Miss Moss, start questioning him about?

3. Where do Dave and his family usually go for summer vacations in Chapter 2, Good Times?

4. How does Dave feel about his brothers as he hears them laugh at a TV show while they eat their desserts?

5. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she finds out he has been stealing lunches at school?

(see the answer key)

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