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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Fight for Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dave's mother teach him in a small trenched hole at the Russian River?
(a) How to catch crayfish.
(b) How to fish.
(c) How to swim.
(d) How to catch minnows.

2. When Dave gets home from school one day in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what does his mother tell him?
(a) He shamed his family.
(b) He needs to work harder.
(c) She is proud of him.
(d) He is the best in the class.

3. What happens to Dave when he forgets what his mother sent him to do in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He gets banned from the house.
(b) He is sent to bed without supper.
(c) He gets sent to his room.
(d) She slaps him in the face, giving him a bloody nose.

4. Why does Dave's mother burn his arm on the gas stove?
(a) She finds out he told a lie.
(b) She is angry that he didn't brush his teeth.
(c) She is angry that he got home late.
(d) She says that he played on the grass at school.

5. When Dave's mother receives the phone call from the authorities in Chapter 1, The Rescue, what is she told?
(a) That Dave got a detention.
(b) That she should pick up Dave from school.
(c) That Dave is in the custody of the juvenile department.
(d) That Dave will be late getting home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Dave's father?

2. What are the contents of the lunch Dave's mother has been making him every day for three years?

3. What nickname does Dave's father use for him?

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

5. Why does Dave not mind running to school in the morning?

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