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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. What does Dave's father eventually do when he keeps losing the arguments with his wife?
(a) He hides in the garage.
(b) He packs a bag and goes to work.
(c) He sits and cries.
(d) He goes to bed.

2. What is Dave's favorite place in the world to go during vacation, according to Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Camping in the Sierras.
(b) To the city.
(c) To the sea.
(d) The Russian River.

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

4. What is Dave's final thought in the book?
(a) I'll never let it go.
(b) I'm free.
(c) I'll never be free.
(d) I'll never forgive.

5. What new punishment does Dave's mother invent for him in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) No more pets.
(b) No more television ever.
(c) No bike riding.
(d) No more snacks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How often does Dave receive dinner during the summer of 1971?

3. What does Dave bring himself to eat after he finishes the breakfast dishes one day in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

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

5. As Dave contemplates his abuse as a child, what does he reveal that he felt was causing his dire situation?

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