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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Accident.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave feel as he watches the sunset after being stabbed?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Warm and alive.
(d) Indifferent.

2. How does Dave save himself from being forced to lie across the stove?
(a) He begs for forgiveness.
(b) He promises to be good.
(c) He stalls for time until his brother gets home.
(d) He tells his mother that he loves her.

3. 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?
(a) She makes him stand in the corner.
(b) She forces him to eat rotten garbage.
(c) She forces him to eat the vomited food.
(d) She forces him to kneel on the kitchen floor all night.

4. What does Dave's mother do after Dave is stabbed?
(a) She carries him to the garage and leaves him there.
(b) She calls her husband to help.
(c) She leaves him bleeding on the floor.
(d) She props him up on the toilet and wraps his wound.

5. Dave's mother comes after him as he sits in his chair in the bedroom in Chapter 3, Bad Boy. What does she do to him?
(a) She hits him over and over and dislocates his shoulder.
(b) She gives him a hug.
(c) She brushes his hair.
(d) She tells him she is sorry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Dave allowed to get a ride to school with his brothers?

2. In Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what do Dave's parents do from 3 p.m. until bedtime when his father is not working?

3. How does Dave manage to steal food from his classmates?

4. What are most of Dave's parent's arguments about?

5. Why is Dave afraid to give his mother's phone number to the authorities?

(see the answer key)

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