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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 Father's reaction when mother tells him to stop helping Dave in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) He convinces her to let him help Dave.
(b) He complies with her demand.
(c) He tells her to shut up.
(d) He slaps her.

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

3. For what reason does Dave think he has been called into the principal's office in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) Because he was talking in class.
(b) Because he forgot his homework.
(c) To be given a detention for being late.
(d) To be arrested for stealing.

4. How does Dave get caught asking for food on the way to school?
(a) His brothers see him going up to houses.
(b) His father catches him at a neighbor's house.
(c) His mother sees him as she drives his brother's to school.
(d) He accidentally goes to a house where a woman knows his mother.

5. What does one of the ladies in the neighborhood give to Dave out of sympathy in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) A new shirt.
(b) Fifty cents.
(c) Lunch in a brown bag.
(d) A piece of cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dave's mother have him sleep after she carves pumpkins with his brothers?

2. What is Dave's punishment if he looks at one of his brothers?

3. What does Dave's mother make him and his brothers to do for hours at a time in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

4. How is Dave treated by the rest of the family when his mother is in the hospital?

5. What does the principal give to Dave after the meeting in his office?

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