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

3. When Dave's mother receives the phone call from the authorities in Chapter 1, The Rescue, what is she told?
(a) That she should pick up Dave from school.
(b) That Dave is in the custody of the juvenile department.
(c) That Dave got a detention.
(d) That Dave will be late getting home.

4. What is Dave's punishment after the camping trip is over?
(a) He is never to speak again unless he is told to.
(b) He has to do the dishes every night.
(c) He has to do his brother's chores.
(d) He has to mow the lawn.

5. What does Dave make sure that everyone knows about the scar on his chest?
(a) That his brother stabbed him.
(b) That his father stabbed him.
(c) That is was an accident.
(d) That his mother meant to hurt him.

6. Chapter 2, Good Times, what does Dave's mother tell Dave and his brothers they should always do?
(a) They should always do the best they can in everything.
(b) They should always say their prayers.
(c) They should always go to church.
(d) They should go to college.

7. What kind of a housekeeper is Dave's mother during the good times?
(a) She rarely cleans the house.
(b) She is a clean fiend.
(c) She is untidy and doesn't care about the house.
(d) She cleans enough to get by.

8. Why does Dave's mother burn his arm on the gas stove?
(a) She is angry that he got home late.
(b) She says that he played on the grass at school.
(c) She is angry that he didn't brush his teeth.
(d) She finds out he told a lie.

9. Chapter 2, Good Times, who is in command of all family matters in Dave's household?
(a) They all make decisions as a family.
(b) His mother and father make decisions together.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

10. Who checks for new injuries on Dave every morning before school starts?
(a) The school nurse.
(b) Miss Woods.
(c) Mr. Zeigler.
(d) The principal.

11. What is Dave told after the phone call to his mother in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) Dave is to blame for everything.
(b) Dave is free.
(c) Dave should not make his mother angry.
(d) Dave is going back to his mother.

12. How does Dave save himself from being forced to lie across the stove?
(a) He stalls for time until his brother gets home.
(b) He tells his mother that he loves her.
(c) He begs for forgiveness.
(d) He promises to be good.

13. What form of punishment does Dave get after his mother decides sitting in the corner is no longer effective?
(a) He has to remain silent for the entire day.
(b) He has to stand with his face pushed into the mirror, repeating over and over that he is a bad boy.
(c) He has to stand on a chair in the corner.
(d) He has to write a hundred times that he is a bad boy.

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

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