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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave feel about the people around him by Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

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

3. What type of people does Dave meet after he is rescued?

4. What does Dave's mother tell him to do while she takes his brothers to the zoo?

5. What is Dave's punishment for exceeding the allotted time for chores in Chapter 5, The Accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the one time Dave had his prayers answered.

3. Explain what Dave eats after he finished the dishes one day in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer.

4. Describe Dave's behavior in the classroom one a day during the winter of 1973.

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

6. Explain why Dave's mother gives him roller skates for Christmas.

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

8. Dave goes to his father for help after being stabbed. What is his father's reaction?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Dave's mother changes from the beginning of the book to the end.

- How do her attitudes toward her family and Dave in particular change?

- How does her attitude toward Dave's father change?

- What are the differences in her attitude toward the way she takes care of her family, cooking, cleaning, planning vacations, and nurturing change through the course of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the relationship between Dave's mother and father.

- Summarize the impact each of them has on the other.

- How does their alcoholism play a part in Dave's abuse?

- What do Dave's parents do to amuse themselves when they spend time together?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Dave's views of the Russian River from the first time the reader is introduced to the vacation spot up to the time he visits it as an adult.

- What are his feelings in the good times?

- How does he feel when the family goes without him?

- Analyze his emotions when he brings his son, Stephen, to the Russian River.

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