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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bad Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason does Dave think he has been called into the principal's office in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) Because he was talking in class.
(b) To be arrested for stealing.
(c) Because he forgot his homework.
(d) To be given a detention for being late.

2. How does Dave's relationship with his mother change in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) From discipline to indifference.
(b) From discipline to punishment.
(c) From indifference to punishment.
(d) From punishment to leniency.

3. 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 rarely cleans the house.
(d) She is untidy and doesn't care about the house.

4. What is Dave told after the phone call to his mother in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) Dave is to blame for everything.
(b) Dave is going back to his mother.
(c) Dave is free.
(d) Dave should not make his mother angry.

5. What does Dave's father do when his mother decides Santa would not be coming to Dave?
(a) He agrees with Dave's mother.
(b) He buys Dave a huge pile of toys.
(c) He buys Dave two paint-by-numbers kits.
(d) He leaves the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Good Times, when does Dave's mom hug him, giving him a feeling of warmth and safety?

2. Where does Dave's mother have him sleep on the night of the chair incident?

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

4. Why does Dave's mother push his face into the counter in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

5. Who does Dave compare his family to before the abuse started?

(see the answer key)

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