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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Dave have to go while the rest of the family goes camping?
(a) To stay with a neighbor.
(b) To his grandmother's house.
(c) To his uncle's house.
(d) To his Aunt Josie's house.

3. Why does Dave not mind running to school in the morning?
(a) He likes to get to school early and talk to the teachers
(b) He can get there early enough to steal food from other children's lunch bags.
(c) He can play tag with the other children in the schoolyard.
(d) He likes to stay in shape for the track team.

4. What is Dave's mother's name?
(a) Catherine Roerva.
(b) Catherine Stephens.
(c) Catherine Roberts.
(d) Catherine Josephs.

5. What is the rare thing Dave's mother does when he finishes eating in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) She gives him a hug.
(b) She combs his hair.
(c) She drives him to school.
(d) She makes him a lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Dave think he has been called into the principal's office in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

2. Why does Dave grow to hate his father more than his mother?

3. Chapter 2, Good Times, what does Dave's mother tell Dave and his brothers they should always do?

4. Why isn't Dave allowed to get a ride to school with his brothers?

5. What does Dave's mother teach him in a small trenched hole at the Russian River?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Happy Hour that Dave's parents celebrate, as outlined in Chapter 3, Bad Boy.

2. Describe what Dave's family does on spring days in Chapter 2, Good Times.

3. Explain the dramatic lesson Dave's mother teaches the boys on a Sunday afternoon in Chapter 2, Good Times.

4. Summarize Dave's father's reaction to Dave's punishments, as described in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food.

5. As shared in Chapter 2, The Good Times, what is the family tradition about placing the angel on top of the Christmas tree?

6. Explain what the school requires Dave to do before school every day in Chapter 1, The Rescue.

7. Summarize the change that takes place in Dave's relationship with his mother in Chapter 3, Bad Boy.

8. Describe Dave's plan to prevent his mother from making him lie across the gas stove in Chapter 3, Bad Boy.

9. Many times Dave's mother sends him to search the house for something she has lost. What does she do to him if he forgets what he is looking for?

10. Describe the clothes Dave wears to school every day in Chapter 1, The Rescue.

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