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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 mother do after Dave is stabbed?
(a) She props him up on the toilet and wraps his wound.
(b) She leaves him bleeding on the floor.
(c) She carries him to the garage and leaves him there.
(d) She calls her husband to help.

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

3. What have the challenges of Dave's past done for him?
(a) Made him stronger inside.
(b) Made him hate himself.
(c) Made him timid.
(d) Made him lose his self-confidence.

4. What does Dave come to believe just before he enters the fifth grade?
(a) His mother will kill him.
(b) There is no hope for him.
(c) He will always be a slave.
(d) There is no God for him.

5. Where does Dave go when he finishes his chores after school?
(a) To bed.
(b) To the neighbor's house.
(c) To stand in the basement.
(d) Out in the yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dave in the winter of 1973, while he is in his classroom?

2. What are the contents of the lunch Dave's mother has been making him every day for three years?

3. Why does Dave want to finish washing the dishes as quickly as possible in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

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

5. How does Dave prevent the black hole from taking control of his life?

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