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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 tell the principal in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) Dave hurts himself and makes up wild stories.
(b) Dave's brothers hurt him.
(c) Dave gets into fights in the neighborhood.
(d) Dave is always falling down.

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

3. 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) He is the best in the class.
(d) She is proud of him.

4. When Dave is called back to the office from his classroom in Chapter 1, The Rescue, who is there to see him?
(a) His mother and brothers.
(b) A policeman, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Zeigler, and Miss Woods.
(c) His mother and Mr. Hansen.
(d) His mother and father.

5. How does Dave do with his school work in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He never finishes his school work.
(b) He leaves his papers blank.
(c) He gets bad grades on all his papers.
(d) He gets more happy faces than everyone else in the class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave manage to steal food from his classmates?

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

3. During the good years, when do the holidays begin for Dave's family?

4. In Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what do Dave's parents do from 3 p.m. until bedtime when his father is not working?

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

(see the answer key)

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