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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 will be late getting home.
(d) That Dave got a detention.

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

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

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

5. Where does Dave's mother have him sleep on the night of the chair incident?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In the top bunk.
(d) In the bottom bunk.

6. 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 promises to be good.
(d) He begs for forgiveness.

7. Where does Dave's family live in Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) In a three-bedroom house in San Francisco.
(b) In a two-bedroom house in Los Angeles.
(c) In a three-bedroom house in El Paso.
(d) In a two-bedroom house in Daly City, outside of San Francisco.

8. What are most of Dave's parent's arguments about?
(a) Money problems.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Dave.
(d) Dave's brothers.

9. Why is Dave afraid to give his mother's phone number to the authorities?
(a) He is afraid of what she will do to him.
(b) He doesn't want to disturb her.
(c) He is afraid his brothers will punish him.
(d) He doesn't want her to get in trouble.

10. What is the new bed assigned to Dave by his mother in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) He sleeps in the doghouse in the back yard.
(b) He sleeps in the basement.
(c) He sleeps in the garage.
(d) He sleeps under the kitchen table with newspapers for covers.

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

12. What is the occupation of Dave's father?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Bank clerk.
(d) Baker.

13. 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?
(a) She brushes his hair.
(b) She hits him over and over and dislocates his shoulder.
(c) She tells him she is sorry.
(d) She gives him a hug.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she finds out he has been stealing lunches at school?

2. What is Dave's mother's name?

3. Where do Dave and his family usually go for summer vacations in Chapter 2, Good Times?

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

5. What nickname does Dave's father use for him?

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