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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. Why does Dave grow to hate his father more than his mother?
(a) His father does nothing to help him anymore.
(b) His father is more abusive than his mother.
(c) His father leaves the house.
(d) His father helps his mother torture him.

2. What does Dave's mother explain to her children while their cat is having kittens?
(a) Not to touch the kittens.
(b) To keep away from the mother cat.
(c) The miracle of birth.
(d) How cats mate.

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

4. Where does Dave's mother have him sleep after she carves pumpkins with his brothers?
(a) In the garden.
(b) On the toilet.
(c) In his father's bed.
(d) In the bathtub.

5. How does Dave feel as he watches the sunset after being stabbed?
(a) Angry.
(b) Warm and alive.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new punishment does Dave's mother invent for him in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

2. Why does Dave's mother burn his arm on the gas stove?

3. What is Dave's favorite place in Golden Gate Park?

4. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she receives a call from the principal about Dave's condition in in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

5. What does Dave's mother tell him to do when he regains consciousness in Chapter 5, The Accident?

(see the answer key)

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