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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave's mother look on a typical day?
(a) Swollen red eyes, frazzled hair, no makeup, and overweight.
(b) Short wavy hair, glowing smile, and well-groomed.
(c) Long shiny hair, shining teeth, and stylish.
(d) Soft curly hair, thin, and lovely.

2. What does Dave say happened to his face when he is questioned about the bruises in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) He says that he tripped and fell.
(b) He says that he was playing baseball and got hit with the bat.
(c) He says that he bumped into the cabinet.
(d) He says that he fell down the stairs.

3. In Chapter 2, Good Times, when does Dave's mom hug him, giving him a feeling of warmth and safety?
(a) Watching the sunset on the Russian River.
(b) When she wakes him up in the morning.
(c) When she listens to his bedtime prayers.
(d) When she tucks him into bed.

4. What does Dave's mother tell the principal in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) Dave gets into fights in the neighborhood.
(b) Dave is always falling down.
(c) Dave's brothers hurt him.
(d) Dave hurts himself and makes up wild stories.

5. What does Dave decide to do when he realizes that he finally beat his mother in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He will use any tactic to survive.
(b) He will beg his mother to leave him alone.
(c) He will ask his father to take him away.
(d) He will run away.

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

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

8. 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 gives Dave two bloody noses and knocks out a tooth.
(c) She puts Dave in the basement all night.
(d) She resists the urge to beat Dave.

9. What is the favorite thing Dave's mother does for her family Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Creating new and exotic meals.
(b) Washing and ironing their clothes.
(c) Singing to them at bedtime.
(d) Praying with them before bed.

10. In Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what do Dave's parents do from 3 p.m. until bedtime when his father is not working?
(a) They argue.
(b) They go out.
(c) They drink and dance in the kitchen.
(d) They read the Bible.

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

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

13. How does Dave feel about school in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He hates it.
(b) It is torture for him.
(c) It is his haven away from mother.
(d) He is indifferent to it.

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

15. How does Dave manage to steal food from his classmates?
(a) He grabs food right off the lunch tables.
(b) Before school while his classmates are outside playing.
(c) He grabs the lunch bags of the smaller children.
(d) He sneaks into the lockers before lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's favorite place in the world to go during vacation, according to Chapter 2, Good Times?

2. Beginning in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, who becomes Dave's protector?

3. What is the name of Dave's father?

4. When Dave's mother receives the phone call from the authorities in Chapter 1, The Rescue, what is she told?

5. Where does Dave's mother have him sleep on the night of the chair incident?

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