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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Good Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Dave's mother proceed to do after she announces to her children that she is sick Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) She lies on the couch and falls asleep.
(b) She goes to her bedroom to lie down.
(c) She paints the steps leading to the garage red, placing mats over them before the paint is dry.
(d) She calls her husband and tells him to come home.

4. What is Dave's mother's biggest asset?
(a) Her love for her family.
(b) Her determination.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her intelligence.

5. Why does Dave's mother push his face into the counter in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) She sees him hurting his brother.
(b) She catches him with his hands out of the dish water.
(c) He sasses her.
(d) She hears him using foul language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave make sure that everyone knows about the scar on his chest?

2. When Dave's mother receives the phone call from the authorities in Chapter 1, The Rescue, what is she told?

3. What kind of a housekeeper is Dave's mother during the good times?

4. What are Dave and his brothers allowed to do on Christmas Eve in Chapter 2, Good Times?

5. What do Dave and his family like to do in the springtime in Chapter 2, Good Times?

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