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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. Where does Dave go when he finishes his chores after school?
(a) To bed.
(b) To the neighbor's house.
(c) Out in the yard.
(d) To stand in the basement.

2. Why isn't Dave allowed to get a ride to school with his brothers?
(a) There is no room for him.
(b) He gets car sick.
(c) He is too smelly.
(d) He is no longer considered a member of the family.

3. What does Dave's fourth grade substitute teacher give to students who do good work?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) A balloon.
(c) A new pencil.
(d) A sticker.

4. 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 leaves the house.
(c) He buys Dave two paint-by-numbers kits.
(d) He buys Dave a huge pile of toys.

5. How often does Dave receive dinner during the summer of 1971?
(a) Once every other day.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every four days.
(d) Once every three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one thing Dave wants, even more than food in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

2. When Dave is called back to the office from his classroom in Chapter 1, The Rescue, who is there to see him?

3. What is the disgusting punishment Dave's mother invents for him when the family is vacationing at the Russian River in in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

4. Beginning in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what does Dave's mother do on the days his father is away at work?

5. What is the rare thing Dave's mother does when he finishes eating in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

(see the answer key)

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