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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. 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 makes him a lunch.
(c) She drives him to school.
(d) She combs his hair.

2. 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.

3. What does Dave's teacher, Miss Moss, start questioning him about?
(a) Why he doesn't take the bus.
(b) Why he is tired, the condition of his clothes, and his bruises.
(c) His mother's pregnancy.
(d) Why he doesn't do his homework.

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

5. 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 mow the lawn.
(c) He has to do his brother's chores.
(d) He has to do the dishes every night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave get caught asking for food on the way to school?

2. Where does Dave have to go while the rest of the family goes camping?

3. During the good years, when do the holidays begin for Dave's family?

4. How does Dave save himself from being forced to lie across the stove?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mother's reaction when the principal calls her about Dave's condition in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food.

2. Explain what type of punishment Dave's mother invents for him when she doesn't think the corner treatment is effective anymore.

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

4. What does the police officer tell Dave as they drive toward the outskirt of Dale City in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

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

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

7. Describe what Dave's mother does one day when she is sick in Chapter 2, Good Times.

8. Summarize the punishment Dave's mother inflicts upon him while the family is vacationing at the Russian River, as described in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food.

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. What does Dave's mother tell the doctor when she dislocates his shoulder?

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