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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 have the challenges of Dave's past done for him?
(a) Made him hate himself.
(b) Made him timid.
(c) Made him stronger inside.
(d) Made him lose his self-confidence.

2. What is the code of Dave's family?
(a) Watch each other's back.
(b) Only Mother gets to control Dave
(c) If they don't acknowledge the problem, it does not exist.
(d) Everyone blames Dave for everything.

3. What is Dave thinking as he stands facing the beauty of the Pacific Ocean in the Epilogue?
(a) He is alive.
(b) He will never forget his pain.
(c) How much he hates his mother
(d) He feels sorry for himself.

4. As Dave contemplates his abuse as a child, what does he reveal that he felt was causing his dire situation?
(a) The jealousy of his brothers.
(b) A giant undertow was sucking him down.
(c) The lies his teachers told his mother about him.
(d) His misbehavior.

5. What does Dave's mother do after Dave is stabbed?
(a) She calls her husband to help.
(b) She carries him to the garage and leaves him there.
(c) She leaves him bleeding on the floor.
(d) She props him up on the toilet and wraps his wound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Dave's mother threatens to kill him with a knife?

2. What does Dave think about 'the accident' with his mother when he regains consciousness?

3. What lie does Dave's mother tell everyone about what Dave did to her while she was pregnant?

4. When Dave's father leaves for good, what is Dave's reaction?

5. What is the new baby's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actions of Dave's mother when she offers him a plate of food after ten days of not eating.

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

3. Describe the people Dave encounters after he is rescued.

4. As Dave enters fifth grade, what is his frame of mind?

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

6. Explain why Mother suddenly allows Dave to watch television and gives him new clothes to wear in Chapter 6, While Father is Away.

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

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

9. Describe where Dave brings his son in the Epilogue and his emotions at that time.

10. Summarize what Dave wants from his life now that he is free in the Epilogue.

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