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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. Who do Dave's brothers bring to the house to see him being punished in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?
(a) The principal.
(b) Their friends.
(c) The police.
(d) A neighbor.

2. When is the only time Dave ever has his prayers answered?
(a) When he prays that his mother gets hurt, she sprains her ankle.
(b) When he prays for to get through the day, he does.
(c) When he was five, he prayed for his mother to get sick and she did.
(d) When he prays for food, his father sneaks him a sandwich.

3. Who does Dave hate more than anyone else?
(a) Himself.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His father.

4. When does Dave feel the most alone?
(a) When he goes to bed.
(b) When he is in school.
(c) When he sits on the stairs.
(d) When his father leaves for work.

5. What does Dave do to keep from screaming while his stab wound is being cleaned?
(a) Puts his fist in his mouth.
(b) Stuffs a rag in his mouth.
(c) Buries his face in a pillow.
(d) Bites his tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave bring himself to eat after he finishes the breakfast dishes one day in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

2. What do two of Dave's classmates tell him to do when they are on a field trip on a clipper ship?

3. By Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer, when does Dave believe he will be free of his mother?

4. What contest does Dave win in the fifth grade?

5. What does Dave realize after years of struggling?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dave look positively at his abusive past?

2. Describe why Dave is so fascinated with a piece of driftwood that is washing ashore in the Epilogue.

3. Explain the new punishment Dave's mother invents for him in Chapter 5, While Father is Away, and how he survives it.

4. Describe what Dave does when he finds that his stab wound is infected.

5. In Chapter 6, While Father is Away, what does Dave's father vow he will do for Dave someday?

6. How does the school nurse become interested in Dave's condition in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

7. Summarize the incidents that happen to Dave on the day his mother takes his brothers to the zoo.

8. Explain why Dave's morale is low in the summer of 1971.

9. How does Dave feel about life in America, as outlined in the Epilogue?

10. Summarize Russell's attitude toward Dave, as described in Chapter 5, The Accident.

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