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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Sonoma County, California.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Dave's mother threatens to kill him with a knife?
(a) She stabs Dave in the hand.
(b) She stabs Dave in the arm.
(c) She falls and the knife stabs Dave in the chest accidentally.
(d) She purposely stabs Dave in the stomach.

3. Beginning in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, who becomes Dave's protector?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) The neighbor.

4. In Chapter 2, Good Times, when does Dave's mom hug him, giving him a feeling of warmth and safety?
(a) Watching the sunset on the Russian River.
(b) When she wakes him up in the morning.
(c) When she listens to his bedtime prayers.
(d) When she tucks him into bed.

5. What does Dave's father do when his mother decides Santa would not be coming to Dave?
(a) He leaves the house.
(b) He buys Dave two paint-by-numbers kits.
(c) He buys Dave a huge pile of toys.
(d) He agrees with Dave's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the ladies in the neighborhood give to Dave out of sympathy in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

2. What does Dave manage to do when he is rescued?

3. Dave's mother comes after him as he sits in his chair in the bedroom in Chapter 3, Bad Boy. What does she do to him?

4. As Dave watches an old piece of driftwood as it washes ashore, what does he imagine the wood is trying to do?

5. How long does Dave go without food when his father is away?

(see the answer key)

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