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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she finds out he has been stealing lunches at school?
(a) She tapes his mouth shut.
(b) She doesn't feed him all weekend.
(c) She makes him eat until he is sick.
(d) She makes him eat his food off the floor.

2. Why does Dave's mother push his face into the counter in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) She sees him hurting his brother.
(b) She catches him with his hands out of the dish water.
(c) She hears him using foul language.
(d) He sasses her.

3. What is the first thing Dave does when he gets to school in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) He goes to the school office and is then sent to the nurse.
(b) He goes to the lunch room for milk.
(c) He goes to the auditorium for assembly.
(d) He goes to his homeroom.

4. What kind of pets does Dave's family have Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Hamsters.
(b) Fish, dogs, cats, and a tortoise.
(c) White mice.
(d) Fiddler crabs.

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

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

7. What does Dave fantasize about as he lies in bed at night in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) A way out of the house.
(b) A huge cheeseburger with all the fixings.
(c) Running away.
(d) A huge chocolate cake.

8. What does Dave's mother tell him in Chapter 1, The Rescue to say happened to his face?
(a) He ran into a door.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) His brother hit him.
(d) The dog jumped on him.

9. When Dave gets home from school one day in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what does his mother tell him?
(a) He needs to work harder.
(b) He shamed his family.
(c) She is proud of him.
(d) He is the best in the class.

10. When does Dave's mother start decorating for the Christmas holidays in Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) The day after Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) The week before Christmas.
(d) Right after Halloween.

11. Once school starts again in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food, what is Dave's mother feeding him?
(a) Stale bread.
(b) No breakfast and a full dinner.
(c) Leftover cereal from his brothers and no dinner.
(d) Leftover cereal for breakfast and a regular dinner.

12. 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?
(a) She ties Dave to a chair for the night.
(b) She puts Dave in the basement all night.
(c) She gives Dave two bloody noses and knocks out a tooth.
(d) She resists the urge to beat Dave.

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

14. What nickname does Dave's father use for him?
(a) Sonny.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Big Guy.
(d) Beanpole.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave do with his school work in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

2. Where does Dave go when he finishes his chores after school?

3. Why is Dave afraid to give his mother's phone number to the authorities?

4. What does Dave's mother force him to drink that burns the flesh from his mouth?

5. How does Dave's mother refer to him by in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

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