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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. Why does Dave not mind running to school in the morning?
(a) He likes to get to school early and talk to the teachers
(b) He can get there early enough to steal food from other children's lunch bags.
(c) He can play tag with the other children in the schoolyard.
(d) He likes to stay in shape for the track team.

2. Once school starts again in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food, what is Dave's mother feeding him?
(a) Stale bread.
(b) Leftover cereal for breakfast and a regular dinner.
(c) Leftover cereal from his brothers and no dinner.
(d) No breakfast and a full dinner.

3. What does Dave say happened to his face when he is questioned about the bruises in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) He says that he fell down the stairs.
(b) He says that he was playing baseball and got hit with the bat.
(c) He says that he bumped into the cabinet.
(d) He says that he tripped and fell.

4. What is Dave's mother's favorite weapon against him?
(a) Open handed slaps.
(b) Kicks to the thighs.
(c) Slaps with a leather belt.
(d) Withholding food.

5. What is Dave thinking as he looks at his stab wound and sits at the bottom of the stairs?
(a) He thinks he is a pitiful creature.
(b) He thinks he will die.
(c) He wills his wound to heal.
(d) He thinks his mother will eventually kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's favorite place in the world to go during vacation, according to Chapter 2, Good Times?

2. What is the code of Dave's family?

3. How does Dave eventually get food at home in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

4. What does Dave's mother make him and his brothers to do for hours at a time in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

5. How does Dave find food after being confined in the garage for hours in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

(see the answer key)

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