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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, While Father is Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is a pitiful creature.
(c) He thinks he will die.
(d) He thinks his mother will eventually kill him.

2. How does Dave feel about school in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) It is torture for him.
(b) He hates it.
(c) It is his haven away from mother.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

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

4. Why does the school nurse begin to be interested in Dave's condition in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) She notices Dave's wretched appearance.
(b) The substitute teacher reports Dave's condition to her.
(c) One of the other children reports Dave's condition to her.
(d) One of Dave's neighbors calls the school.

5. How does Dave react when his father says goodbye to him?
(a) He will try to get mother to love him.
(b) He will try to get help from his brothers.
(c) He does not care about life anymore.
(d) He vows to be a good boy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why isn't Dave allowed to get a ride to school with his brothers?

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

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

5. What does Dave dream on the night his stab wound infection is cleaned?

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