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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. What is the new bed assigned to Dave by his mother in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) He sleeps in the garage.
(b) He sleeps in the doghouse in the back yard.
(c) He sleeps in the basement.
(d) He sleeps under the kitchen table with newspapers for covers.

2. What kind of a housekeeper is Dave's mother during the good times?
(a) She cleans enough to get by.
(b) She is a clean fiend.
(c) She is untidy and doesn't care about the house.
(d) She rarely cleans the house.

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

4. What does Dave make sure that everyone knows about the scar on his chest?
(a) That his mother meant to hurt him.
(b) That is was an accident.
(c) That his brother stabbed him.
(d) That his father stabbed him.

5. Where does Dave go when he finishes his chores after school?
(a) Out in the yard.
(b) To stand in the basement.
(c) To bed.
(d) To the neighbor's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave feel about his father after he tells his father about the stabbing?

2. How does Dave's relationship with his mother change in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

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?

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

5. Where is Dave taken after the meeting in Mr. Hansen's office?

(see the answer key)

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