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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the only time Dave ever has his prayers answered?
(a) When he prays for to get through the day, he does.
(b) When he was five, he prayed for his mother to get sick and she did.
(c) When he prays for food, his father sneaks him a sandwich.
(d) When he prays that his mother gets hurt, she sprains her ankle.

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

3. What does the principal give to Dave after the meeting in his office?
(a) A letter for his mother .
(b) A tray of food.
(c) A detention.
(d) A suspension.

4. What does Dave's mother make him and his brothers to do for hours at a time in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) Clean the basement.
(b) Wash the floors.
(c) Wash every piece of silverware over and over.
(d) Search the entire house for things she has lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days pass before Dave's stab wound gets infected?

2. What does Dave's father promise him as they talk quietly together in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

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

4. When Dave brings home a letter from Mr. Zeigler telling Mother about Dave's being the top student in the class, how does Mother react?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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